Yarrawin Plantation

Yarrawin Plantation is a Plantation Forestry project located at Argents Hill in the Nambucca Valley, approximately 10km west of the historic town of Bowraville and 27km inland from Nambucca Heads on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Registered in May 2026, the project is situated on the "Yarrawin" property, a working farm that spans 680 acres (approximately 275 hectares). The wider Nambucca Valley region is known for agricultural land uses such as beef cattle grazing, dairy farming, and timber forestry.

The project falls under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022. Plantation forestry methodologies generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by establishing new plantations, converting short-rotation timber plantations to long-rotation cycles, or transitioning existing commercial plantations into permanent environmental plantings. In this case, the project sequesters carbon by transitioning an existing hardwood timber plantation into a permanent forest, ensuring it remains forested and mitigating the risk of the land being cleared and converted into non-forested agricultural land.

The local environment is typical of the New South Wales Mid North Coast, experiencing high rainfall and supporting lush vegetation with rich soils. The project area features three kilometres of double river frontage along the Nambucca river system, characterized by natural gravel river flats and deep water holes.

Interestingly, while functioning as a permanent carbon sink and cattle farm, the Yarrawin property also operates as a secluded eco-tourism destination, offering off-grid campsites to visitors. The project proponent, Nateva Australia (Acacia) Pty Limited, is a subsidiary of Nateva (formerly New Zealand Carbon Farming), an organisation that partners with landowners across the region to deploy nature-based climate solutions and create alternative carbon income streams on agricultural land.