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 in the Northern Territory. It was registered in September 2023 and covers a massive 734,935.62 hectares, though a variation in February 2026 saw some specific areas removed from the project boundary.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. This methodology requires ceasing suppressive activities on land where vegetation was previously cleared and regrowth has been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. For this specific project, the proponent is actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing to allow the native trees to recover and form a mature forest canopy.

The Central Australian region surrounding Mt Doreen is renowned for large-scale cattle farming operations and organic beef production. The local environment features an arid to semi-arid climate with highly variable rainfall that generally occurs during the October to March monsoonal months. The surrounding landscape and soils predominantly consist of flat to gently undulating red earth mulga plains, sand plains, alluvial basins, and claypans.

Mt Doreen Station itself is a historic property, originally established in 1932 by William and Doreen Braitling. More recently, in 2022, prominent Northern Territory pastoralists Viv Oldfield and Donny Costello purchased the sprawling organically-certified cattle station for over $70 million under the Crown Point Pastoral Company Pty Ltd, setting the stage for this large-scale carbon farming initiative.