Woodside Native Reforestation Project - Phase 4

Woodside Native Reforestation Project - Phase 4 is a permanent mixed-species environmental planting project located across multiple properties in the Western Australian Wheatbelt, with key sites situated near Kalannie (approximately 260km northeast of Perth) and near Badgingarra (around 200km north of Perth). It was registered in May 2023 and originally covers an area of 4,873.71 hectares.

Operating under the Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings (FullCAM) methodology, this project involves establishing permanent forest cover using a mix of native tree species endemic to the local area. Standard requirements for this method dictate that the trees must be planted at a sufficient density to eventually achieve forest canopy cover (typically at least 200 stems per hectare) and the planting must occur on land that has been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to project commencement.

The Western Australian Wheatbelt region where these sites are located is historically renowned for broadacre cropping (such as wheat and canola) and sheep grazing. The region experiences a semi-arid, Mediterranean climate characterised by low-to-moderate, winter-dominant rainfall. The local environment features soils that generally consist of sandy loams, sand over clay duplexes, and lateritic ironstone soils, which are well-suited to drought-tolerant native vegetation.

Woodside Energy Carbon (Services) Pty Ltd purchased the freehold land for these plantings, which includes the 1,789-hectare "Draffin's Farm" on Pollard Road in Kalannie, as part of a major corporate initiative that has seen millions of biodiverse seedlings planted across Western Australia for carbon sequestration. Since its inception, the project underwent area variations in June 2025 and October 2025 where specific land portions were subsequently removed from the total project footprint.