lnnouendy Station

Innouendy Station is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) carbon project located in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia, approximately 145km northeast of the Murchison Settlement and roughly 700km north of Perth. Registered in March 2021, the project covers a vast area of over 223,600 hectares. The region is traditionally defined by pastoral leases used for grazing cattle and sheep, which serves as the primary land use alongside increasing mineral exploration activities.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which credits landholders for allowing native forests to regenerate by suppressing activities that previously prevented growth, specifically, the management of grazing pressure from livestock and feral animals. By controlling the timing and extent of grazing, the project aims to facilitate the regrowth of native vegetation from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, eventually achieving permanent even-aged native forest cover.

Environmentally, the Innouendy Station area is characterized by an arid to semi-arid desert climate with low, bimodal rainfall. The terrain typically consists of calcareous red earths, red loamy earths, and red sandy duplex soils, often featuring hardpans and granite outcrops common to the Yilgarn Craton margin.

A notable feature of this property is the concurrent interest in mineral exploration. Innouendy Station is the site of a significant clay-hosted Rare Earth Element (REE) and Nickel discovery by Desert Metals. This highlights a modern dual-use landscape where surface-level carbon farming initiatives coexist with subsurface mineral exploration projects. The project was formerly known as "AIC HIR WA Project 2" before officially changing its name to Innouendy Station in August 2024.