FPC 2025 CP2

FPC 2025 CP2 is a Plantation Forestry carbon project located approximately 20km west of Frankland River and 65km east of Manjimup in the South West region of Western Australia. It was registered in July 2025 and covers a project area of 1,359.43 hectares. The surrounding region's land use is highly diverse, largely defined by traditional agricultural enterprises such as broadacre cropping, sheep and cattle grazing, and extensive state and private forestry operations.

Projects governed by the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022 earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by capturing carbon in trees intended for commercial wood products. Standard requirements dictate that the project must sequester carbon either by establishing a new commercial plantation forest or by converting an existing short-rotation plantation into a long-rotation one. To be eligible, the proponent must ensure that native forests have not been cleared on the land within the preceding seven years, and must maintain specific commercial stocking densities (often around 300 stems per hectare for tree varieties like commercial eucalypts or pines).

The South West region of Western Australia is characterised by a Mediterranean climate. While the environment is historically classified as having a moderate to high winter-dominant rainfall suitable for tall timber, it is widely acknowledged to be undergoing a long-term drying trend due to changing climate patterns. The soils in this area are typically composed of lateritic gravels, duplex sandy loams over clay, and deep loams, which are highly conducive to supporting deep-rooted plantation forestry species.

The proponent for this project, the Forest Products Commission (FPC), is a Western Australian Government trading enterprise responsible for managing and developing the state's commercial timber industry. This specific project represents part of a significant ongoing investment by the WA Government to drastically expand the state's softwood and hardwood plantation estates, a strategic pivot heavily incentivised by Western Australia's 2024 ban on native forest logging.