FPC 2026 CP3

FPC 2026 CP3 is a plantation forestry project located roughly 50 to 120km south and south-east of Bunbury, spanning multiple parcels near the inland towns of Collie, Nannup, and Manjimup in Western Australia. It was registered in May 2026 and covers 408.23ha.

Plantation forestry projects involve activities such as establishing new plantations, converting short-rotation plantations (e.g., pulpwood) to long-rotation plantations (e.g., sawlogs), or maintaining pre-existing plantations. Standard requirements dictate that these forests must be actively managed for the commercial harvesting of wood products and must comply with state and regional forestry regulations. This specific project sequesters carbon through a dual approach: establishing a new plantation forest and converting an existing short-rotation forest into a long-rotation plantation for commercial harvesting.

The South West region of Western Australia is widely known for commercial forestry operations, dairy farming, viticulture, and livestock grazing. The area features a Mediterranean climate and is considered a high winter rainfall zone. The soils are generally composed of lateritic gravels over clay, sandy loams, and rich forest loams, which provide ideal growing conditions for commercial timber.

This project is managed by the Forest Products Commission (FPC), the state government agency responsible for managing Western Australia's commercial forestry resources. The FPC has been heavily investing in expanding its softwood plantation estate to ensure long-term timber supply for local housing and construction markets, while strategically utilising these expanding forests to absorb carbon and support the state's net-zero climate change targets.