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Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... land-sector projects that deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits. Carbon farming refers to carbon abatement and sequestration activities on agricultural land. The Queensland Government is investing up to $100 million in 2020 ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... land-sector projects that deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits. Carbon farming refers to carbon abatement and sequestration activities on agricultural land. The Queensland Government is investing up to $100 million in 2020 ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... come from protecting existing soil carbon stores in the world's forests, peatlands and wetlands. But significant carbon abatement could also be achieved by supporting farmers to adopt new agricultural practices to enhance soil carbon on their land, leading ...

New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 2012, Forest Carbon Partners has delivered more than 5,450,000 CCOs and forecasts more than 19 million tonnes of carbon abatement over the term of its Forest Carbon Partners fund. "We are growing our investment program in the US in line with the rising ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Forico is the first to register a project in north-east Tasmania approved by the Clean Energy Regulator and a Carbon Abatement Contract secured at the latest ERF auction. Forico will pilot the methodology by assigning 630 hectares into a new project ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... portfolio of environmental projects in the UK total 126MW of generation capacity once operation and an annual carbon abatement of more than 1 million tonnes CO2e. Foresight manages funds on behalf of the UK Green Investment Bank and the European Investment ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... noted may provide scope for greater uptake of traditional activities such as savanna burning which contribute carbon abatement along with many other environmental and social co-benefits. "On first blush, Article 4 may provide scope for support of projects ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... measurement and reductions. Those emissions that could not be eliminated were offset via globally recognised carbon abatement projects, or certified carbon credits, Pangolin Associates said. "The combination of reductions and abatement means that Ross ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... voluntary carbon market. The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities. The CFI is set to remain - and even expand - if the government is ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Even though the government has repealed the carbon pricing ...