The Conversation
International · 1 hrs ago
✦ 78◉ Centre
Are Australia’s carbon farming schemes just hot air? Hardly – forests are regrowing almost everywhere
78Quality
0Ratings
0Comments
AI Analysis
Quality 78/100
Partisan intensity 35/100
ObjectivePartisan
◉ Centre ✓ Fair headline
Australia's carbon farming schemes, particularly human-induced forest regeneration, are generating real environmental benefits with forests regrowing across millions of hectares and earning carbon credits worth approximately A$37.50 per tonne of CO2.
Are Australia’s carbon farming schemes just hot air? Hardly – forests are regrowing almost everywhere
Trees take carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into wood, storing it for decades. This is why Australian authorities have made forest regeneration eligible for carbon credits.
The largest carbon farming scheme is known as human-induced regeneration. Here, land owners and managers support forests to return on once-forested land. Every tonne of carbon dioxide soaked up by regrowing trees is worth one Australian carbon credit, about A$37.50.
The scheme has around 42 million hectares of land o
Discussion 0 comments
Sort:
?
No comments yet — be the first to start the discussion!