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New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Forests noted. "Two thirds of the KKL peat swamp forest is degraded due to drainage canal networks associated with agricultural land use, which lowers water tables and causes GHG emissions from peat oxidation," New Forests said. "Fires can also contribute ...

Senior appointments at ag managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Two agricultural asset managers have made key executive appointments. Warakirri Asset Management has hired Nikki Jordan to the newly created role of head of sustainability. Jordan will report to Warakirri managing director Jim McKay and will "lead the ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Eastern Seaboard (2017-2022) saw a 30% per cent fall in on farm GDP, Beanstalk said, citing Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) figures. "In terms of how we see this as an opportunity, Australia is the driest ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... administration and compliance. This includes expanding coverage to introduce mandatory reporting requirements for agricultural sector emissions by FY2026-27. Recommendations also include developing guidance for publicly owned landfills, fugitive methane ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... completing his PhD at Charles Sturt University, focusing on the post-colonial involvement of Indigenous peoples in Western agricultural systems. We talk about Gilbert's research and why learning from Indigenous people's 60,000-plus year knowledge ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri. "We are witnessing tremendous progress in transforming the global food and agricultural systems at COP28, which has placed the theme at the heart of the presidency agenda," Mohammed Almheiri said. "The world ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... term. "We are witnessing the early stages of climate change, in the form of unprecedented heat waves, floods and agricultural degradation of increasing frequency," Ravi Menon, chair of the NGFS and managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... for agriculture at Warakirri told FS Sustainability. "We continue to see strong investor appetite for large scale agricultural investments and have tailored this strategy around the emerging positive impact requirements of institutional investors." The ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... incentivised to buy land, clear it and sell it at a much higher price, causing long-term damage to biodiversity and agricultural productivity." World Benchmarking Alliance Nature Benchmark This comes as the World Benchmarking Alliance has launched its ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability metrics data that runs from the farm gate to the kitchen table is part of a push to signal Australia's agricultural industry as attractive to investors. A growing population and our proximity to Asia makes agriculture an attractive investment ...
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