'FPC 2026 CP5

FPC 2026 CP5 is a plantation forestry project located in the Boyup Brook local government area, approximately 12km from the town of Boyup Brook in Western Australia. It was registered in June 2026 and covers 121.15ha.

Plantation forestry projects involve either establishing a new plantation forest on land that has not recently contained one, or converting a short-rotation plantation into a long-rotation plantation. These forests are managed for the commercial harvesting of wood products while sequestering carbon, with standard requirements including maintaining specific stocking densities and adhering to regional forestry regulations.

The Boyup Brook region is known for broadacre agriculture, such as sheep and cattle grazing, as well as a significant commercial plantation forestry industry. The area experiences a Mediterranean climate and is considered a high rainfall zone, typically receiving between 500mm and 700mm of rain annually. The local soils are predominantly deep sandy gravels and ironstone gravelly soils.

This project is managed by the Forest Products Commission, a Western Australian Government enterprise responsible for the state's commercial forestry. It sequesters carbon by both establishing a new commercial plantation and converting an existing short-rotation forest to a long-rotation forest. The permanence period for the sequestered carbon has been nominated at 25 years.