Great Eastern Wheatbelt Reforestation

Great Eastern Wheatbelt Reforestation is a mixed environmental and mallee planting project located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, stretching across an expansive area approximately 250 to 350km east of Perth, near regional centres like Merredin and Southern Cross. It was registered in September 25, 2025, and covers a massive project area of 103,892.67 hectares.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings-FullCAM) Methodology Determination 2024. This methodology generates carbon credits by establishing permanent plantings of native trees and shrubs that have the potential to attain forest cover, which is standardly defined as achieving at least 20% crown cover and a height of at least 2 metres.

The Great Eastern Wheatbelt region is renowned for broadacre dryland agriculture, primarily dedicated to winter cropping (such as wheat, barley, and canola) alongside sheep grazing. The environment is characterised by a semi-arid to Mediterranean climate with low annual rainfall (typically ranging from 300mm to 400mm). The soils are highly variable across the landscape but are dominated by sandy duplex soils, yellow sands, and gravelly loams over clay bases.

This project is managed by Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd, a major Australian project proponent known for extensive revegetation efforts such as the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor. The project activities involve establishing a mix of native mallee and environmental plantings designed to reflect the natural structure and composition of the local native vegetation community. Given the vast scale of the project area, this initiative likely aggregates multiple degraded agricultural properties to restore critical biodiversity corridors while sequestering carbon in a historically heavily-cleared landscape.