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Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... abolished, under policy proposals by the Abbott government, Australia could convert to a voluntary carbon market. The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has issued more than 160,000 carbon credits to a carbon farming project in western New South Wales covering an 8,500-hectare section of native forest. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... extent to which liable entities had entered into contracts to buy offset credits such as credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). The CFI was left untouched by the repeal, and is part of the government's Direct Action Plan (DAP) and ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... investment to make a short term return. They are here for the long run and therefore have an interest in ensuring that farming is sustainable for generations to come. "

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Council and Olkola Aboriginal Corporation will undertake savannah burning on 13,000 square kilometres in Cape York, a Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI)-compliant project. The implementation of the savannah burning methodology - based on traditional burning ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit that aims to build "a sustainable Aboriginal carbon industry" by assisting in the development of Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) projects with tradtional owners. Aboriginal Carbon Fund notes that such projects have environmental, social ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Three new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies have been endorsed by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
An 8,500-hectare section of native forest in western New South Wales has been deemed eligible under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by the federal government. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection Project is the ...

Pangolin Associates hires Sam Phua

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Phua is also an expert in carbon origination establishment projects such as the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). He is the lead author for one of the world's first Improved Forest Management-Logged to Protected Forests ...