Inkerman Station (Revoked)

Inkerman Station (Revoked) was a Savanna Burning project located in the remote Gulf Country of Queensland. The project area of approximately 275,584 hectares is situated north of the Mitchell River, roughly 80km southeast of the indigenous community of Kowanyama and 200km northeast of Normanton. The region is characterized by vast cattle grazing properties and falls within the tropical savanna climate zone, which experiences a distinct high-rainfall wet season followed by a long, dry winter. The soils in this area are typically a mix of sandy loams and alluvial clays found across the Gulf Plains.

The project operated under the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning methodology. This method involves conducting strategic, cool-burning fires during the early dry season (typically before August) to reduce the fuel load. By doing so, the project aims to prevent high-intensity, uncontrollable wildfires later in the dry season. These late-season fires burn hotter and release significantly more methane and nitrous oxide than the controlled early burns.

Registered in July 2015, the project has a complex regulatory history that serves as a notable case study in Australian carbon compliance. It was revoked in February 2018 due to a failure to maintain the consent of "eligible interest holders" (often mortgagees or state leasehold authorities), a mandatory requirement under Section 28A(2) of the CFI Act. Following the revocation, the proponent, Country Carbon Pty Ltd, was issued a notice to relinquish the 34,274 ACCUs that had been credited to the project. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) which was withdrawn in 2019, the credits were returned. This project, along with others managed by the same proponent, contributed to the Clean Energy Regulator accepting an Enforceable Undertaking from Country Carbon in 2020 to improve their compliance systems.