AA2026R_McDonaldL_S1S3

AA2026R_McDonaldL_S1S3 is a plantation forestry project located approximately 3km southwest of the small town of Ringarooma and 20km southeast of the major service centre of Scottsdale in Northeast Tasmania. Registered on December 22, 2025, the project covers a relatively small area of 63.65 hectares. The "McDonaldL" in the project title likely refers to the specific property or landowner name within the wider portfolio.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022. The "S1S3" designation in the project name highlights its dual approach: Schedule 1 (establishing a new plantation) and Schedule 3 (avoided conversion). This means the project involves both planting new commercial timber on land that was previously non-forest, and maintaining an existing plantation that was at risk of being cleared and converted to non-forest land (such as pasture). By doing so, it generates credits for the carbon sequestered in the growing trees and the emissions avoided by preventing deforestation.

The Ringarooma region is renowned for its highly productive agricultural and forestry landscape. The area typically experiences reliable, high rainfall (often exceeding 900mm annually) and is characterized by fertile Ferrosols (red basalt soils). These free-draining, nutrient-rich soils are ideal for intensive agriculture and high-yield forestry, supporting the commercial viability of the timber operations managed by the project participants.

This project appears to be part of the ActivAcre program (indicated by the "AA" prefix), an aggregation model managed by SFM Environmental Solutions. SFM acts as the agent and manager for the proponent, The Trust Company (Australia) Limited, which serves as the trustee for The Tasmanian Carbon Afforestation Sub-Trust. This structure allows institutional capital to fund plantation projects across multiple properties while SFM handles the on-ground forestry and carbon compliance.