Lindberg Project

The Lindberg Project is a plantation forestry project located near the hamlet of Karridale, approximately 30km south of Margaret River in the South West region of Western Australia. Registered in July 2024, the project covers roughly 728 hectares. The surrounding region is a hub for viticulture, dairy farming, and timber production, characterized by a distinct Mediterranean climate with high winter rainfall. The local landscape typically features gravelly or sandy loam soils, which support the region's extensive Karri and Jarrah forests as well as commercial hardwood plantations.

Operated by Peppermint Estate Pty Limited, a vehicle of the major forestry investor New Forests, the project utilizes the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022. Specifically, it falls under the "avoided conversion" activity category. This means the project involves maintaining an existing plantation, likely Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus), that was at risk of being converted to non-forested land (such as pasture for grazing) after harvest. By committing to continue the plantation cycle, the project credits the carbon stored in the trees that would otherwise have been cleared.

An interesting facet of the proponent, Peppermint Estate, is that it manages a large aggregation of certified hardwood assets (approx. 12,000 hectares) acquired from Bunbury Fibre Plantations in 2020. Although the commercial crop is primarily Blue Gum, the company is named after the Western Australian Peppermint Tree (Agonis flexuosa), a species endemic to the South West. The estate is managed operationally by Ents Forestry, a specialist silviculture firm.