describes the difference between compulsory markets and voluntary markets. It also describes what is happening in a number of countries.
Closer to home you can always telephone someone in the Australian market to learn more:
- as a provider of forest carbon sink assets, CO2 Australia’s Carbon Sequestration ProgramTM is unique in the Australian market, for companies.
- Yonderr offers a way for individuals and families to offset personal pollution.
The CO2 Australia program typically involves establishing long-term plantings of native trees for the purpose of generating carbon offsets at a commercial scale unsurpassed in the industry.
Tree plantings represent the only cost-effective option for locking up emissions that have already entered the atmosphere.
Forest carbon sinks provide the greatest present-day opportunity for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
In addition to storing CO2, forest carbon sinks can also:
- Improve soil structure;
- Reduce the risk of soil erosion and salinity;
- Reduce nitrification, sedimentation, and degradation of waterways;
- Improve water quality in catchment areas by minimising runoff;
- Support greater biodiversity, both locally and regionally; and
- Improve habitat and local micro-climates for native fauna.
These are just some of the benefits identified in research carried out by groups such as Future Farm Industries CRC and CSIRO, and some of the environmental credentials you can claim for your own organisation when utilising CO2 Australia’s Carbon Sequestration ProgramTM.
