Wilyun Pools 2022

Wilyun Pools 2022 is a plantation forestry project located in the Albany local government area, approximately 75km northeast of Albany in Western Australia. It was registered in May 2023 and covers 259.60ha.

Plantation forestry projects of this type involve transitioning an existing, short-rotation plantation forest into a permanent, not-for-harvest planting. Standard requirements dictate that the forest must be permanently maintained to sequester carbon long-term, and the proponent must formally demonstrate that the plantation was otherwise at risk of being cleared and converted into a non-forested land use within 24 months.

The Albany region is well known for broadacre agriculture, sheep and cattle grazing, and commercial timber forestry operations. The area is considered to have medium to high rainfall with a Mediterranean climate, and the soils are generally duplex, featuring sandy or loamy topsoils over clay subsoils, along with lateritic gravels.

This project sequesters carbon by explicitly avoiding the conversion of the forest to agricultural land. To accommodate growth and updates, the project area was expanded through variations in June and September 2024, and in February 2026, the primary project participant was officially updated from Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd to Jarrah Climate Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Jarrah Climate Trust.