Mt Doreen Human-Induced Regeneration Project

Mt Doreen Human-Induced Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Mt Doreen Station, approximately 380km north-west of Alice Springs along the Tanami Track in the Northern Territory. It was registered in September 2023 and initially covered a vast 734,935.62 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests by removing or managing the pressures that prevent natural seedlings from growing. Standard requirements dictate that the regeneration must occur from in-situ seed sources (such as rootstock and lignotubers) on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years. To achieve this required forest canopy and height, the Mt Doreen project actively manages the timing and the extent of livestock grazing.

The Central Desert region is famous for extensive pastoral operations and cattle grazing. The environment experiences a semi-arid to arid climate characterized by low, primarily summer-dominant rainfall. The surrounding landscape features flat to gently undulating plains, and the soils largely consist of red earth mulga plains, alluvial plains, sand plains, and scattered claypans.

Mt Doreen has a rich history, having been originally established as a pastoral lease in 1932 and named after Doreen Braitling. Today, it is notable for being one of the largest certified organic cattle stations in Central Australia, having been sold to prominent pastoralists Viv Oldfield and Donny Costello in 2022 for over $70 million. The carbon project has undergone a few recent administrative variations. On February 27, 2026, a variation was approved to remove certain areas from the original project boundary. Shortly after, on April 24, 2026, the proponent name was officially transferred from Mt Doreen Property Holdings Pty Ltd to Three River Nominees Pty Ltd as trustee for the Mt Doreen Carbon Unit Trust.