Cooperative models to encourage smaller producers to enter the carbon market

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About the theme

Theme two of the Carbon Initiative Program aims to help understand whether it is practicable and economically viable to establish a carbon farming and carbon markets engagement scheme based on producers:

  • Pooling soil carbon and associated co-benefits contributions as part of a regional cooperative arrangement and selling them through the voluntary market
  • Being able to effectively and rigorously demonstrate they are actively reducing carbon emissions and achieving co-benefits through their carbon farming practices
  • Receiving a premium payment based on their combined carbon sequestration and co-benefits contribution.

Projects include:

  • Carbon farming perceptions among landholders and local governments of Southern Queensland
  • Collaborative carbon farming for soil management
  • Evaluation of cooperative models for carbon pooling through behavioural economics.

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National Challenges and Opportunities

Carbon farming perceptions among landholders and local governments of Southern Queensland

Selling carbon credits is a new market in the Southern Queensland region. The Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) ran its first auction in 2015 and since...

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National Challenges and Opportunities

Collaborative carbon farming for soil management: Report and guide for landholders

There are various carbon market opportunities available for Australian farmers. One of these is creation of a co-operative venture that provides for small area land...

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National Challenges and Opportunities

Evaluation of cooperative models for carbon pooling through behavioural economics

This exploratory study provides insights into the attraction of collaborative models for carbon farming and the pooling of carbon credits in Australia. The project team...

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national challenges and opportunities

Project summary: Carbon farming perceptions in Southern Queensland

This project aims to understand the needs and concerns of Southern Queensland farmers towards carbon farming and carbon markets.

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national challenges and opportunities

Project summary: Collaborative carbon farming for soil management

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential for landholder collaboration to assist the adoption of carbon farming in Australia, while also taking account of the potential risks, barriers, and downsides of collaborative approaches.

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national challenges and opportunities

Project summary: Cooperative carbon pooling models

This exploratory study provides insights into the attraction of collaborative models for the pooling of carbon credits in Australia.

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