'AA2025R_SouthEastL_S1S2

AA2025R_SouthEastL_S1S2 is a plantation forestry project located across the Derwent Valley and Glamorgan-Spring Bay local government areas in Tasmania, with parcels situated approximately 20 kilometres west of New Norfolk and 60 kilometres northeast of Hobart. It was registered on June 13, 2025, and currently covers an area of 105 hectares. The surrounding region of southeast and central Tasmania is well known for diverse agriculture, including sheep grazing, fruit orchards, hops, and commercial forestry operations.

Plantation forestry projects involve sequestering carbon by establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest, or by converting an existing short-rotation plantation forest to a long-rotation plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. Under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022, proponents must meet standard requirements such as maintaining specific commercial tree stocking densities and managing the forest for ongoing growth and sustainable timber harvesting. This methodology requires carefully accounting for the carbon sequestered in both the living biomass and the harvested wood products over the life of the project.

The Derwent Valley and eastern coastal areas generally experience a moderate to low cool-temperate rainfall classification, often receiving under 600mm to 800mm annually. Soils in these regional forestry areas are variable but typically consist of podzolic and clay loams on the hillsides, alongside fertile alluvial soils near the river flats.

An interesting note about this project is that it is managed by natural asset management company SFM Environmental Solutions, with Billie Jones acting as the agent for the project proponent, The Trust Company (Australia) Limited as trustee for The Tasmanian Carbon Afforestation Sub-Trust. SFM specializes in integrating commercial forestry with carbon markets and manages projects without clearing native forest, aiming instead to enhance existing natural values through targeted plantings. Additionally, the project boundaries have been actively adjusted since its inception, with a variation to add land areas on September 3, 2025, followed by the removal of some listed areas on July 17, 2026.