Penola Plantations 2026 P26-8 Kerr

Penola Plantations 2026 P26-8 Kerr is a plantation forestry project located in the Green Triangle region near the Victoria and South Australia border, approximately 35km east of Penola and 25km northwest of Casterton. It was registered in April 2026 and covers 46.32ha.

Plantation forestry projects under the avoided conversion methodology involve establishing and maintaining a new plantation forest on land that was formerly a plantation destined to be converted to non-forested land. Standard requirements include maintaining minimum stocking densities to achieve forest canopy cover and managing the trees for the commercial harvesting of wood products.

The Green Triangle region is well known for extensive forestry operations, as well as sheep and cattle grazing. The area is considered to have moderately high rainfall with a winter dominance, and soils are generally sandy loams, limestone derivatives, and clay subsoils.

This project is managed by Timberlands Pacific Pty Ltd, which operates the larger Penola Plantations estate comprising about 47,000 hectares of principally Radiata Pine. Managed under contract with investment manager New Forests, the estate sustainably yields around 850,000 tonnes of forest products annually. P26-8 Kerr is one of several 2026 carbon registrations across the estate aimed at sequestering carbon by continuing forestry rather than reverting the harvested land to pasture.