AA2025R_AskriggL_S1

AA2025R_AskriggL_S1 is a Plantation Forestry project located at the historic Askrigg estate near Gretna, approximately 15km northwest of New Norfolk in Tasmania. It was registered in July 2025 and covers 44.47 ha.

Plantation Forestry projects involve sequestering carbon by establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products. The methodology requires maintaining a specific stocking density of trees and ensuring sustainable timber management, while accounting for the carbon sequestered in both the living biomass and the harvested wood products.

The Derwent Valley region is well known for its diverse agriculture, including sheep grazing, fruit orchards, hops, and forestry. The area generally experiences a moderate to low cool-temperate rainfall (often under 600mm annually), and the soils are typically composed of podzolic and clay loams on the hillsides alongside fertile alluvial soils near the river flats.

This project was established on a site named after the village of Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales, following its settlement in the early 1820s by pioneer John Terry. The project is managed by the Tasmanian Carbon Afforestation Sub-Trust and its agent SFM Environmental Solutions, a natural asset management company that specialises in integrating commercial forestry with carbon markets. The proponent trust was recently awarded funding under the Australian Government's Support Plantation Establishment program to assist with new hardwood plantings.