Land Restoration Fund contracted projects
Kinrara Dry Tropics Regeneration Project—R1072
Fast facts
- Location
- Kinrara Cattle Station, Mount Garnet
- Sector
- Agriculture
- Investment
- $4.97 million
- Proponent
- GreenCollar
- Duration
- 15 years
- Emissions Reduction Fund project ID
- ERF158745
- Method
- Human-induced regeneration of a permanent even-aged native forest 1.1
- Local Government Area
- Tablelands Regional
- Co-benefits
- Threatened ecosystems
- Threatened wildlife
- Native vegetation
- Employment and skills
- Resilience and connectivity
- First Nations participation
Project summary
The Kinrara Dry Tropics Regeneration Project is a 15 year, $4.97 million collaboration between the Queensland Government and GreenCollar. The Project aims to enhance the significant biodiversity values of the region, strengthening financial resilience through diversification of on farm income and extending socio-economic benefits to the community, through change in livestock management and targeted regeneration activities.
Kinrara Station has over 23,597ha of unique landscape incorporating a beef grazing and eco-tourism enterprise. The Project will see a shift from set stocking to timed, managed grazing in areas to allow the natural regeneration of native vegetation. The property adjoins Kinrara National Park and with the wetland protection areas on Kinrara, the project site is of high ecological significance.