Western Tree Farms 2

Western Tree Farms 2 is a plantation forestry project spanning multiple parcels in Western Australia's South West and Great Southern regions, with coordinates locating the areas near the towns of Bridgetown and Cranbrook. Cranbrook is situated approximately 320km southeast of Perth. The project was registered on 29 January 2025 and covers an area of 675.79 hectares. The surrounding region's land use is primarily defined by a mix of broadacre cropping, sheep and cattle grazing, viticulture, and extensive plantation forestry.

Plantation forestry projects under the ACCU scheme sequester carbon by establishing new plantation forests, converting short-rotation plantations to long-rotation ones, or avoiding the conversion of existing plantations to non-forested land. The Western Tree Farms 2 project specifically focuses on avoided conversion, maintaining an existing or recently harvested plantation as forested land to prevent it from being cleared for other agricultural uses.

The environment in these regions typically experiences a Mediterranean climate with medium to high rainfall, usually averaging between 500mm and 700mm annually depending on the proximity to the coast. The soils across the project area vary but are generally characterised by gravelly loams, pale deep sands, and duplex soils consisting of sand over a clay subsoil.

This project is managed by the proponent Wespine Industries Pty Ltd, a major softwood sawmiller operating out of Dardanup, Western Australia since the early 1980s. Wespine is jointly owned by Wesfarmers Limited and Fletcher Building Limited, and specialises in the production of Pinus Radiata, a premium plantation timber. An interesting administrative note about this project is that it underwent a variation on 8 July 2025, where certain areas previously listed under the project were removed, reducing the overall carbon estimation area.