Fresh Earth Agriculture - Glenclair Reforestation Project

Fresh Earth Agriculture - Glenclair Reforestation Project is an environmental planting project located in the locality of Watsons Creek, approximately 15km north of Bendemeer and 50km northeast of Tamworth in the New England region of New South Wales. It was registered in October 2025 and originally covers a significant area of 3,618 hectares across the "Glenclair" property.

Environmental planting projects under the 2024 methodology involve establishing permanent plantings of native tree and shrub species at a density sufficient to achieve forest cover, typically requiring at least 200 stems per hectare.

The New England region is historically dominated by grazing enterprises, primarily focusing on cattle and sheep breeding. The project area itself was formerly part of a well-known pastoral holding known as the Glenclair Aggregation. The local environment experiences a temperate climate with a summer-dominant rainfall pattern, averaging roughly 700mm to 800mm annually. The landscape is characterised by undulating country and river flats, often featuring granite-based or trap soils common to the Bendemeer granite belt.

Operated by Glenclair Aggregation Pty Ltd as trustee for Glenclair Trust, this project aims to replicate the structure and composition of the local native vegetation community. By doing so, it transitions land previously used for grazing into a permanent carbon sink that actively supports local biodiversity. Additionally, on 10 July 2026, a variation was made to the project area, removing some originally listed areas from the project boundaries.