2020 AGE CLASS, LIMESTONE PLANTATIONS

2020 AGE CLASS, LIMESTONE PLANTATIONS is a plantation forestry project located in the Naracoorte Lucindale local government area, approximately 25km south-west of Naracoorte in South Australia's Limestone Coast region. It was registered in March 2020 and covers an active project area of 281.41 hectares. The broader Limestone Coast and Green Triangle region is well-known for its extensive commercial forestry, viticulture, and livestock grazing. The area experiences a temperate, high-rainfall climate, and local soils typically consist of shallow sandy loams over calcrete limestone, deep siliceous sands, and wet, non-saline clay loams.

The project operates under the Carbon Farming Initiative - Plantation Forestry Methodology. Plantation forestry projects involve generating carbon credits by establishing new plantations, transitioning to permanent forests, or converting existing plantations from a short-term to a long-term rotation. For this project, carbon is sequestered by taking an existing short-rotation plantation forest and converting it to a long-rotation plantation for the commercial harvesting of wood products. This practice typically involves changing from a short-cycle harvest (like pulpwood) to a longer-cycle harvest (such as sawlogs), which keeps the carbon stored in the trees for a greater duration and eventually locks it into long-lived timber goods.

There have been a few administrative updates since the project's inception. In May 2021, a variation was approved to remove certain land areas from the project boundary. Additionally, in May 2025, the proponent was officially updated, transferring from The Trust Company (PTAL) Limited (acting as trustee for ANZFOF2 Sub 1) directly to ONEFORTYONE PLANTATIONS PTY LTD. OneFortyOne is a major trans-Tasman forestry and sawmill operator that manages significant plantation assets throughout the region. The project also successfully secured an active Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC425192) at the March 2020 auction to deliver carbon abatement to the Commonwealth.