Landari Tasmania 2022

Landari Tasmania 2022 is a plantation forestry project located across the Central Highlands and Northern Midlands local government areas of Tasmania. Based on the coordinates, the project spans multiple parcels situated approximately 120km north-west of Hobart and 60km south of Launceston. It was registered in October 2022 and covers an area of 985.46 hectares.

Plantation forestry projects of this type involve converting an existing short-rotation plantation forest, typically grown for fast-turnaround products like pulpwood, into a long-rotation plantation forest. This methodology sequesters carbon by allowing the trees to grow older and larger before being commercially harvested, locking the captured carbon into long-lived wood products such as sawlogs.

The Central Highlands and Northern Midlands areas are known for diverse land uses including sheep and cattle grazing, cropping, and extensive commercial forestry operations. The climate ranges from moderate to high rainfall in the cooler highlands, transitioning to a drier, temperate climate in the midlands with average annual rainfall between 375 and 1000 mm. Soils across these regions vary from highly productive basalt-derived ferrosols to chromosols and sandy loams, which are well-suited for robust forestry.

This project is managed by Landari Pty Ltd, a carbon and biodiversity offset developer that focuses on permanent vegetation and operates multiple similar plantation conversion projects across Tasmania. A permanence period of 25 years has been nominated for the carbon stored in this project.