Iwatani Forests Carbon Farming Project

Iwatani Forests Carbon Farming Project is a plantation forestry project located approximately 6km southeast of Nannup and 280km south of Perth in Western Australia. It was registered in September 2023 and covers 84.18ha.

Plantation forestry projects sequester carbon by establishing new plantation forests or converting existing short-rotation plantation forests to long-rotation plantation forests. These projects generate carbon credits while actively managing the forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products, with net carbon abatement calculated using the FullCAM model.

The Nannup area is known for agriculture, viticulture, and extensive commercial timber and forestry operations. The region is considered high rainfall and soils are generally loamy earths, sandy duplexes, and pale deep sands.

This project sequesters carbon by both establishing a new plantation forest and converting an existing short-rotation plantation into a long-rotation one. Interestingly, the proponent, Iwatani Forests Pty Ltd, is a recently formed subsidiary of Iwatani Australia Pty Ltd, which is wholly owned by the global Japanese energy and gas conglomerate, Iwatani Corporation.