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 in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It was registered on May 26, 2026, and covers a project area of 94.45ha within a larger 275-hectare working farm.

Plantation forestry projects of this type involve transitioning an existing hardwood timber plantation into a permanent forest. Standard requirements for this methodology dictate that commercial timber harvesting must cease so the trees can be maintained as a permanent planting. This ensures carbon remains sequestered by actively mitigating the risk of the plantation being cleared and converted into non-forested agricultural land.

The Nambucca Valley region is traditionally known for commercial forestry operations, cattle grazing, and mixed farming. The local environment is characterised by high coastal rainfall typical of a sub-tropical climate, and the soils generally consist of fertile podzolic clay loams and red-brown earths, which provide excellent conditions for robust forest growth.

An interesting note about this project is that the proponent, Nateva Australia (Acacia) Pty Limited, is a subsidiary of Nateva, an environmental organisation previously known as New Zealand Carbon Farming. Additionally, the broader Yarrawin farm area is shared with the scenic Yarrawin Camping grounds.