Western Farm Trees

Western Farm Trees is a permanent environmental and mallee planting project located across multiple aggregated sites in the Western Australian Wheatbelt and Mid West regions, situated roughly 200 to 400 kilometres north, east, and southeast of Perth. It was registered in May 2015 and covers a project area of 1668.04 hectares across several local government areas, including Coorow, Gnowangerup, Koorda, Mount Marshall, and Perenjori.

The Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings methodology involves establishing permanent plantings of mixed native tree species or mallee eucalypts. To meet standard method requirements, trees must be planted at a sufficient stocking density to eventually achieve forest cover, meaning the trees must reach at least two metres in height and provide at least 20% crown cover. Furthermore, the land must have been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to the project's commencement.

The project sites are situated in regions traditionally dominated by broadacre agriculture, specifically wheat cropping and sheep grazing. The surrounding regional environment typically features a semi-arid to Mediterranean climate with low-to-moderate, winter-dominant rainfall. The local soils are highly weathered and commonly consist of sandy loams, duplex soils (such as sand over clay), and laterite.

Operating as an aggregation project, Western Farm Trees brings together at least six individual landholdings under a single project umbrella. This aggregated structure is designed to deliver both economic and environmental co-benefits to farming communities, such as restoring native vegetation and enhancing local drought resilience. Interestingly, the project was originally registered as "CarbonQuest: Western Farm Trees" by CarbonQuest Australia Pty Ltd, but it underwent several participant variations before transitioning fully to Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd as the sole proponent in 2016.