Woodside Plantation Forestry Project - Phase 1

Woodside Plantation Forestry Project - Phase 1 is a commercial plantation forestry project located approximately 20km east of Watheroo in the Shire of Moora, Western Australia. Registered in January 2026, the project covers 1,966.49 hectares, having been expanded in September 2026 following a variation that added new land areas to the project boundary.

Plantation forestry projects sequester carbon by establishing and maintaining new plantation forests under the Carbon Farming Initiative, Plantation Forestry Methodology Determination 2022. This specific project establishes a commercial plantation to generate carbon credits while actively managing the forest for the commercial harvesting of wood products, such as sawlogs.

The Watheroo area, situated in the Northern Wheatbelt, is historically known for dryland agriculture, predominantly broadacre cropping and livestock grazing. The region experiences a temperate, Mediterranean-style climate characterized by mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers, receiving an average annual rainfall of approximately 450mm. Soils across these project areas generally consist of lower-productivity pale sandplains with scattered rocky chert outcrops.

Managed by Woodside Energy Carbon (Services) Pty Ltd, this project involves repurposing lower-productivity agricultural properties into a mixed carbon farm that features a combination of continued agriculture and forestry. The initiative complements the proponent's broader conservation efforts in the region, such as the Watheroo Biodiversity Project, which works to restore adjacent habitats to support ecological connectivity near the Watheroo National Park and protect threatened native species like the Carnaby's black cockatoo.