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Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... near Goondiwindi and Rockhampton. Extensive testing and auditing demonstrated the Burnhams' adoption of new land management practices resulted in the equivalent of 126,222 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being sequestered into their soils over ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... "Reforestation and ecosystem restoration can remove carbon from the atmosphere," the paper said. "Sustainable land management and conservation of existing forests can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Substituting wood and wood fibre-based materials for ...

Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... land, develop integrated shelterbelts, native foods, biofortified crops, integrated perennial plants, improved land management, cropland carbon sequestration, and degraded land restoration. "I do believe that we are living in a time where we need to ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of grazing management and soil carbon improvements. The allocation from CDPQ comes as part of their sustainable land management strategy, said executive vice-president and head of infrastructure Emmanuel Jaclot. "We are reaffirming our commitment to ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... million. Mirova also manages the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund, which will invest in profit-generating sustainable land management and land restoration projects worldwide, to contribute to a land degradation neutral world, which is UN Sustainable ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... take advantage of the value of landscape as well as position investments with alignment to sustainable productive land management, the rise of climate finance, exposure to decarbonisation outcomes, and the circular bioeconomy. "We will focus on being ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... action and support within their own jurisdictions activities that will create a carbon price signal for sustainable land management," Brand said. There is an uptick in investment strategies based on natural capital and forestry, said JANA head of sustainability ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... seeking to expand the fund's existing 100,000-acre landholding to 500,000 acres. CEFC notes that its sustainable land management strategies will include 'responsive grazing' strategies, satellite monitoring of ground cover and feed availability, state-of-the-art ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management and Kilter Rural will take part in a pilot program that will bring an agriculture and food production sustainability assurance program to Australia. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental advisers including the CSIRO, and will include integrating regenerative farming methods and improved land management techniques to optimise yield productivity, reduce carbon emissions and sequester carbon. Data from the CSIRO, including ...