BB18 Poillina - Edith Creek - Farm Block

BB18 Poillina - Edith Creek - Farm Block is a plantation forestry project located in the locality of Edith Creek, approximately 20 kilometers south of Smithton in the Circular Head region of north-west Tasmania. Registered in April 2025, the project covers a relatively small area of 12.59 hectares. The project is managed by Britton Brothers Proprietary Limited (trading as Britton Timbers), a major Tasmanian forestry and sawmilling company established in the region for over a century.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022. This specific project falls under Schedule 1 of the methodology, which involves establishing a new plantation forest on land that has not held a plantation or native forest for at least seven years. As a commercial forestry project, it is designed to sequester carbon in the growing trees and subsequently in the harvested wood products, generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) while supporting the timber supply chain.

The Edith Creek region is characterized by a cool, temperate climate with high reliable rainfall, typically averaging between 900mm and 1400mm annually. The area is renowned for its fertile soils, predominantly Red Ferrosols (also known as Krasnozems), which are deep, well-drained red clay soils derived from basalt. These environmental conditions make the region highly productive for both dairy farming, notably supporting a local milk processing factory, and intensive forestry operations.

Britton Brothers, the proponent, is Australia’s largest importer of exotic hardwoods and a key processor of Tasmanian Oak and Blackwood, operating a large mill in nearby Smithton. The "BB18 Poillina" designation likely refers to a specific coupe or land block code within the company's asset portfolio. This project represents an integration of carbon finance into traditional timber production, ensuring that the carbon stored in the timber products continues to provide abatement value post-harvest.