Sustainable Timber Tasmania ERF Project two - conversion of 1,000 ha of plantation.

Sustainable Timber Tasmania ERF Project two is a plantation forestry project located across multiple sites in Tasmania, with land parcels spanning from near Geeveston and Dover in the south to Scottsdale, Deloraine, and Sheffield in the north. It was registered in October 2022 and covers 753.69 hectares.

Plantation forestry projects generate carbon credits by establishing new plantations, transitioning to permanent forests, or, as in this methodology, converting existing short-rotation plantations to long-rotation plantations. This transition typically involves shifting from a short pulpwood harvest cycle to a longer sawlog production cycle, which accumulates additional carbon in both the standing forest and the long-term harvested wood products.

The regions surrounding the project areas are well known for extensive commercial forestry operations, agricultural grazing, and conservation reserves. These areas generally experience a cool temperate climate with moderate to high rainfall, especially in the western and southern Tasmanian sites. Soils across these sites vary but commonly include deep, fertile basalt soils (ferrosols or krasnozems) in the north, along with clay loams and podzols in the surrounding regions.

This project specifically sequesters carbon by converting an existing short-rotation plantation forest into a long-rotation plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. Managed by Forestry Tasmania (which operates as Sustainable Timber Tasmania), the project recorded a formal variation in February 2025 to officially amend the boundaries of its listed project areas.