Landari PPPA 3

Landari PPPA 3 is a plantation forestry project located across the Bathurst, Cabonne, and Oberon local government areas in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, with boundaries stretching approximately 30km south of Bathurst. It was registered in December 2020 and covers 1,034.37 ha.

Plantation forestry projects sequester carbon by establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. The methodology requires the active management of the forest for commercial timber production while maintaining minimum tree stocking densities and protecting carbon stocks throughout the duration of the crediting period.

The Central Tablelands region is well-known for its mixed agriculture, particularly sheep and beef cattle grazing, alongside extensive commercial pine forestry operations. The area experiences moderate, reliable rainfall, typically between 700mm and 800mm annually, and features highly fertile soils such as clay loams and basalts, providing an optimal environment for timber growth.

This project was originally registered by Landari Pty Ltd, a specialist carbon developer, before the participant name was officially varied to Group Energy Pty Ltd in February 2023. Group Energy acts as the sustainability and carbon arm of the Borg Group, a major Australian timber and manufacturing enterprise. The "PPPA" in the project name stands for Plantation Pine Products Australia. By establishing new commercial pine forests, the enterprise supports a circular economy model, offsetting corporate emissions and generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) while simultaneously supplying raw timber for their own manufacturing brands, such as polytec and Porta Products.