Bestry's Mallee Project

Bestry's Mallee Project is an environmental and mallee planting project located near Perenjori, approximately 200km southeast of Geraldton in Western Australia. 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 at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover, typically at least 200 stems per hectare, on land that has been predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years.

The Perenjori area is situated within the Western Australian Wheatbelt and is primarily known for broadacre grain cropping and sheep grazing operations. The region experiences a semi-arid climate with low rainfall, and the local soils are generally red sandy loams and clay loams.

This project was established by Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd on less productive sections of a working farm to create a biodiverse carbon sink while the rest of the property continues broadacre cropping. The mallee plantings are designed to allow for ongoing sheep grazing once the trees have sufficiently matured after roughly three years, providing shelter benefits to the livestock. There is also scope for harvesting forest products from the project area, such as honey. In May 2026, the project updated its methodology from the 2014 to the 2024 Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings FullCAM determination.