Canegrass Station Carbon Sequestration Project (Revoked)

The Canegrass Station Carbon Sequestration Project (Revoked) was a carbon sequestration initiative located on "Canegrass Station," a pastoral property approximately 70km north of Morgan and 200km northeast of Adelaide in South Australia. Registered in November 2020 and covering a substantial 48,019 hectares, the project was situated within the Pastoral Unincorporated Area, a region defined by its remoteness and extensive grazing leases. The project had a short lifespan, being voluntarily revoked in April 2021, less than six months after its registration.

The project operated under the Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) methodology, which credits landholders for allowing native forests to regenerate by ceasing suppressing activities. In the context of Canegrass Station, this would have involved managing the timing and extent of grazing (likely by sheep or goats) and controlling feral animals to protect emerging vegetation. To be eligible, the land must have shown potential to reach forest cover (20% canopy density) but been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project.

Environmentally, the region is classified as semi-arid to arid rangeland. Historical property listings for Canegrass Station indicate an average annual rainfall of approximately 241mm. The landscape typically features red loam soils supporting chenopod shrublands (saltbush/bluebush), Acacia woodlands (such as Mulga or Black Oak), and Mallee vegetation. Interesting historical context from a 2019 sale listing notes that significant portions of the property had been de-stocked for many years prior to the project's registration, suggesting the land was already in a state of recovery before the formal carbon project was initiated.