Badja Station Regeneration Project

The Badja Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on Badja Station in the Shire of Yalgoo, Western Australia. The property is situated approximately 70 kilometers southwest of the Yalgoo townsite and roughly 120 kilometers southwest of Mount Magnet. Registered in November 2018, the project covers a massive area of 104,411 hectares within the state's Mid West region.

The surrounding region is defined by its rangeland environment, where the primary land use has historically been pastoral grazing (sheep and cattle) and mining operations. The landscape typically features sand and alluvial plains interspersed with low ranges and granite outcrops. The climate is classified as semi-arid to arid, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 250mm. Vegetation in this area is dominated by Mulga and Bowgada shrublands, which are well-suited to the red earth and sandy loam soils characteristic of the Yalgoo bioregion.

This project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which involves regenerating native forests on land where vegetation growth has been suppressed for at least 10 years, typically by livestock or feral animals. By managing these suppressors, through activities such as fencing, controlling grazing timing, and managing feral herds, the project aims to restore permanent native forest cover. Interestingly, Badja Station was the subject of a proposal for a radioactive waste management facility around 2015 and was reportedly destocked during that period, prior to the registration of this carbon project.