Carbon Farming

Our Landowner Lawyer came across a very interesting article, Farming in 2050: storing carbon could help meet Australia's climate goals written by Brett Anthony Bryan and published on the Australian CSIRO blog.

"Agriculture, and particularly livestock, is currently a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. But new markets and incentives could make storing carbon or producing energy from land more profitable than farming, and turn our agricultural land into a carbon sink."

"What is it that Australians really want from our land? We know what we don’t want: wall-to-wall crops, pasture, buildings, gas wells, mines, wind farms or trees.

We can expect healthy debate around the margins, but, in general, diversity, productivity and sustainability seem to be widely valued. Most of us want to leave the place in decent condition for future generations."

If you have any queries about carbon farming opportunities that may be available to you, please do not hesitate to contact our Energy, Environment and Agribusiness Team on (07) 49276333 or at enquire@reesjones.com.au.

You may also be interested in a previous article written by our Energy, Environment and Agribusiness Team Carbon Emissions.