Innouendy Station

Innouendy Station is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on a pastoral lease in the Murchison region of Western Australia, approximately 320km north of Mullewa. It was registered in March 2021 and spans a massive 223,643.99 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests by altering previous land management practices. This methodology relies on assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. Standard requirements dictate that the land must have been previously cleared of native vegetation, with regrowth actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement. By actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, the project relieves pressure on the land and allows the native vegetation to naturally recover and achieve forest cover.

The wider Murchison region is dominated by expansive pastoral stations, with regional land use heavily focused on broadacre sheep and cattle grazing. The environment is classified as arid to semi-arid, characterized by highly variable, low annual rainfall. The local soils generally consist of red sandy earths, hardpan plains, and ancient alluvial drainage channels.

An interesting aspect of Innouendy Station is that it is situated directly over the Murchison palaeodrainage system. The groundwater calcrete aquifers beneath the station are known to host unique assemblages of subterranean invertebrates called stygofauna, which have been identified as a Priority 1 threatened ecological community by the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority. Additionally, the project's proponent changed from AIC Projects (WA) Pty Ltd to Emissions Abatement Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd in September 2026, and its name was varied from AIC HIR WA Project 2 to Innouendy Station in August 2024.