Palapah Human Induced Regeneration Project

Palapah Human Induced Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Palapah Station, approximately 50km northwest of Ivanhoe in New South Wales. It was registered in August 2023 and covers an expansive 27,561.60 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to allow native vegetation to regenerate from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. The standard requirements for this methodology dictate that the land must have been cleared of vegetation and its regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.

The Ivanhoe region is widely known for large-scale, low-density pastoral activities, primarily extensive sheep, cattle, and goat grazing across vast rangelands. The area is classified as having a hot semi-arid climate with low, highly variable annual rainfall averaging around 300 mm. Soils in the region generally consist of a mix of sandy loams (red earths) and heavier black clay soils on floodplains.

This project facilitates natural forest regeneration by managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, as well as humanely managing feral animals to relieve grazing pressure on the recovering landscape. The project is operated by Terra Carbon Pty Limited, a subsidiary of the GreenCollar Group, which is one of Australia's leading environmental market developers.