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Conservation initiatives ignore climate risks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... analysed the two most common means of preventing overall biodiversity loss on private land in Australia - biodiversity offsets and voluntary conservation programs. The researchers looked at 77 policy documents related to nine biodiversity offset policies ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... director of IGCC, said biodiversity is "not fungible in the way climate is; it's locally focused, meaning biodiversity offsets are best applied to specific, project-based initiatives." He added, "Claims of nature-positive outcomes should reflect ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... after the Albanese government struck an agreement with Greens that saw a controversial proposal to include biodiversity offsets struck from the legislation. The scheme covers all land tenure and water, eligible landholders who undertake voluntary projects ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... cost-of-living and housing crisis. The audience were keen to ask about the credibility debate surrounding biodiversity offsets. While Yazbek-Martin said coordination and planning are essential, Saunders disagreed. Credits "must occur because they have ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... mechanisms to mobilise at least US$200 billion per year by 2030 into nature positive solutions, including via biodiversity offsets and credits, co-benefits associated with carbon credits, and blended finance solutions," Clayton Utz notes. "Even if you ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Eight thousand farmers across Australia have opposed the inclusion of biodiversity offsets for land clearing in the federal government's Nature Market Repair Bill, which they say could not effectively offset habitat loss from other developments. The ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... conservation charities ($11 billion), sustainable commodities ($5 billion), forest carbon offsets ($24 billion), biodiversity offsets ($9 billion) and environmental water trading ($1.6 billion) could all feed into a biodiversity market, encouraging private ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... mining industry, but it is early days still. A good body of experience is being built under the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme." Van der Lugt is a senior associate of Stellenbosch University Business School (Cape Town) and Utopies Consulting ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Robinson. "In addition, where it is a condition of the mining approval that the mine operator must provide biodiversity offsets, if the offset takes the form of revegetation, that is also capable of generating CFI credits." Anderson also pointed to wind ...
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