Newyungerup Project

Newyungerup Project is a Plantation Forestry project located in the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, approximately 270km south of Perth in the South West region of Western Australia. It was registered in July 2025 and originally covers 192.61ha. On 30 June 2026, a variation was made to the project to add additional areas to the project boundary.

Plantation forestry projects involve establishing new plantation forests, converting short-rotation plantations to long rotations, or maintaining existing plantations. Standard requirements dictate that the forest must be managed for the commercial harvesting of wood products. This project sequesters carbon by avoiding the conversion of an existing or harvested plantation to non-forested land, continuing its use as a plantation instead.

The Bridgetown-Greenbushes area is known for mixed agriculture, including cattle grazing and cropping, as well as extensive commercial forestry operations and mining. The region is considered a high rainfall area, experiencing a Mediterranean climate with 720mm to 970mm of rain annually. Soils in this part of the South West are generally lateritic gravels, loams, and clays well-suited to timber production.

The project is managed by Peppermint Estate Pty Limited, a corporate proponent that also manages other similar forestry projects in the scheme, such as the Kingston and Dunmore Projects.