Bestry's Mallee Project

Bestry's Mallee Project is an environmental and mallee planting project located approximately 23km east of Perenjori in the Western Australian Wheatbelt. It was registered in July 2024 and covers 631.44 hectares.

Environmental and mallee planting projects involve establishing permanent plantings of a mix of native tree species on land that was predominantly used for agricultural purposes. To meet standard methodology requirements, these native trees are typically planted at a density of at least 200 stems per hectare to ensure they achieve proper forest cover and effectively sequester carbon over the duration of the project.

The Perenjori region is well known for broadacre wheat cropping and sheep grazing. The area experiences a semi-arid climate with low, winter-dominant rainfall, and the local soil types generally consist of sandy soils, sandy loams, and deep yellow sands.

This project was established by the proponent Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd on land owned by Bestry Land Holdings Pty Ltd. It was strategically set up to reforest the less productive portions of the property with local native species, allowing the primary land to continue its broadacre cropping operations uninterrupted. The tree farm is also designed to benefit the broader agricultural operations by sheltering livestock for ongoing grazing once the trees are sufficiently matured (approximately three years). Furthermore, the project has scope for the future harvesting of secondary forest products such as honey. In May 2026, the project underwent a methodology variation to successfully transition from the 2014 Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings methodology to the updated 2024 methodology framework.