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Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... only starting to pay attention. These include industries that are clearly very prominent in the Australian economy - agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, retail and tourism. There are immense impacts on coral reefs due to among others overexploitation ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... said that future methodologies should include activities that relate to broadacre farming activities - large-crop agriculture. "We're more on the side of the lower your nitrogenous fertilisers and stimulate the soils," she said. "On the basis of those ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied to financing projects that benefit the environment, mitigate climate change or adapt ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. The ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has awarded AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... The report notes that in 2004/2005, consumptive use of water in the economy was 18,767 gigaliters (GL), and of that, agriculture represented 12,191GL, or 65%. Most agriculture is concentrated around the Murray-Darling Basin, which flows through four ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... agricultural CDP supply chain members, asking the supply chain members to survey their potato and tomato suppliers. The CDP Agriculture Supply Chain pilot sent questionnaires to 11 growers, selected by CDP supply chain participants ConAgra Foods and ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... System. It documented everything we were doing in the first place." The new export licensing system put in place by Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig features independent audits of abattoirs to ensure they are meeting World Animal Health guidelines. They ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... rehabilitation to meet the needs of the region, such that the mines are integrated with the landscape, "whether that is agriculture, biodiversity forestry, housing development or other land uses," the report said. The NSW government is currently developing ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... ourselves to not only be part of the solution, but to also hopefully make money for our members at the same time. Agriculture funds, water funds, renewable energy funds and the like encourage the most efficient use of these resources and recognise that ...