Western Tree Farms 1

Western Tree Farms 1 is a plantation forestry project located in the Boyup Brook and Bridgetown-Greenbushes regions, approximately 260km south-east of Perth in Western Australia. It was registered in May 2024 and covers 659.61ha.

Plantation forestry projects store carbon by establishing new plantation forests or converting existing short-rotation plantations to long-rotation ones. To generate carbon credits, proponents manage tree stocking densities and harvesting schedules over repeated rotations for commercial harvest, maintaining a higher average baseline of long-term carbon stocks.

The Boyup Brook and Bridgetown areas are renowned for a mix of sheep grazing, dryland cropping, and timber forestry operations. The region experiences a Mediterranean climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 600mm to 660mm. Soils across the landscape are typically deep forest gravels, gravelly loams, and duplex soils.

This project involves both establishing new plantations and converting existing short-rotation forests to long-rotation forests for the commercial harvesting of wood products. The project is managed by Wespine Industries Pty Ltd, a major softwood sawmiller in Western Australia. Wespine operates by sourcing radiata pine from plantations, which are typically planted at a high initial density of around 1,400 stems per hectare and managed on a 30-year rotation with selective thinning to produce high-quality structural timber.