Sunnyside Permanent Planting Project

Sunnyside Permanent Planting Project is a plantation forestry project located approximately 95km northeast of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was registered in November 2022 and covers 560.14ha.

Plantation forestry projects involve modifying commercial plantation practices to increase carbon storage. Transitioning to a permanent planting requires ceasing commercial harvesting operations and permanently maintaining the forest cover.

The Great Southern region is known for broadacre cropping, sheep grazing, and commercial timber forestry. The area experiences moderate to high winter-dominant rainfall, and soils are generally sandy loams over clay or lateritic gravel.

This project is a joint initiative between Carbon Neutral, Gondwana Link, and Forever Carbon Corridors. Set within the Southwest Ecoregion biodiversity hotspot on a 1,550-hectare property, it safeguards a Eucalyptus plantation previously at risk of being cleared for non-forested agricultural use. It is protected under a legally binding 100-year covenant and is expected to generate over 296,000 tonnes of carbon abatement over its 15-year crediting period.