ActivAcre 2023 Eucalypt Plantations 1

ActivAcre 2023 Eucalypt Plantations 1 is a plantation forestry project located in the Central Coast Council region of Tasmania, approximately 25km inland and south of Ulverstone. It was registered in May 2023 and initially covered 75.60ha, with a project variation in July 2026 adding further land to the project area.

Plantation forestry projects sequester carbon by establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. Standard methodology requirements involve establishing trees at specific stocking densities and managing harvest cycles to ensure long-term carbon storage and sustainable timber yields over the project's nominated permanence period.

The inland Central Coast area of northern Tasmania is well known for both agriculture and forestry. The region experiences high rainfall, and its rich, fertile soils are generally deep basalt and clay loams. Typical land uses in this surrounding area include dairy farming, cropping, grazing, and commercial timber operations.

This project is part of the ActivAcre Program, an initiative backed by global investment manager New Forests and managed locally by SFM Environmental Solutions. The program leases underutilized portions of farmland (typically 10-20% of a property) to establish long-rotation plantations. This model provides landowners with regular lease payments and on-farm environmental benefits, such as livestock shelterbelts and reduced water evaporation, without disrupting their primary agricultural pursuits. Specifically, this project sequesters carbon by both establishing new plantation forests and converting existing short rotation plantations into long rotation forests to maximize commercial timber and environmental returns.