Border 2026 Carbon Project

Border 2026 Carbon Project is a plantation forestry project located across the Glenelg and Wattle Range local government areas, roughly 60 to 70km from Mount Gambier in the cross-border "Green Triangle" region of South Australia and Victoria. It was registered in January 2026 and covers an area of 165.14 hectares.

Plantation forestry projects under the 2022 methodology involve activities such as converting an existing short-rotation plantation forest to a long-rotation plantation forest. Standard requirements dictate that short-rotation crops (typically grown for pulpwood and harvested every 10 to 15 years) must be transitioned into long-rotation crops (grown for commercial sawlogs and harvested after 25 years or more). This process sequesters carbon for a longer period in both the standing trees and the resulting long-lived wood products.

The Green Triangle region is widely known as Australia's premier commercial forestry hub, alongside significant sheep and cattle grazing, cropping, and viticulture operations. The area is considered a high and reliable rainfall zone, and local soils generally consist of sandy loams over clay, limestone-based terra rossa, and podsolic soils.

Interestingly, this project is held by The Trust Company (Australia) Limited as trustee for ANZFOF Sub 1 (the Australia New Zealand Forest Operating Fund), which is managed by New Forests, a major global natural capital investment manager. With on-the-ground operations overseen by forestry agent PF Olsen (Aus) Pty Limited, the project has a nominated permanence period of 25 years and aligns closely with New Forests' broader environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments for sustainable timber production.