Oakland Park Human Induced Regeneration Project

Oakland Park Human Induced Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at the Oakland Park cattle station in the Gulf of Carpentaria region of Queensland, extending to within 45km northwest of Croydon. It was registered in September 2023 and covers 81,296.80 ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent even-aged native forests through assisted natural regeneration from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. To earn carbon credits, proponents must implement new land management practices that allow regenerating vegetation to eventually reach forest cover requirements (typically defined as at least 20% crown cover and 2 metres in height). For this project, the standard activities include the humane management of feral animals and controlling the timing and extent of livestock grazing.

The Gulf Country region is well known for large-scale cattle breeding and grazing aggregations. The environment features a tropical savanna to semi-arid climate characterised by summer-dominant monsoonal rainfall, and the soils generally consist of alluvial sandy loams and cracking clays.

This project was established on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years. In May 2024, the Oakland Park property and the adjoining Mutton Hole holding were put to market by Rural Funds Group as a 225,000ha aggregation with a strong emphasis on their conditionally registered carbon projects, with price expectations around $50 million. In June 2025, the participant name was formally varied to reflect Rural Funds Management Limited as the trustee of RF Active. Notably, despite reaching baseline stratification, Rural Funds Group announced in their FY26 Annual Report (released in August 2026) that they have decided not to proceed with this carbon project at this stage.