Ansfield Reforestation Project

Ansfield Reforestation Project is an Environmental planting project located approximately 40km west of Narrabri in NSW. It was registered in June 2024 and covers an area of 297.07ha.

Environmental planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of a mix of native tree species. Under standard requirements for this methodology, trees are planted at a density sufficient to achieve a forest cover, typically meaning the plantings have the potential to reach at least 2 metres in height and provide 20% crown cover over the land.

The Narrabri region's general land use is largely agricultural, dominated by grazing, broadacre farming, and irrigated cotton crops. The environment is considered semi-arid with summer-dominant moderate rainfall. The typical soils found in this agricultural belt are fertile cracking clays (vertosols) alongside some dry sandy loams (sodosols).

This project establishes permanent mixed-species native plantings on land that had been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to commencement. Interestingly, the project has undergone a couple of variations since registration. The proponent's name was officially varied in December 2024 to Permagen Planting Land 2 Pty Ltd as Trustee for Permagen Planting Land 2 Trust, and the project later transitioned from the 2014 methodology to the updated 2024 FullCAM environmental plantings methodology determination in late 2025.