What is the Upper Billabong Low Carbon Landscapes project?
- Benchmark the current natural capital on your property with a natural capital assessment
- Understand how planned changes could create business opportunities
- Explore pathways into biodiversity and carbon markets
How can I participate in the project?
- Register for a natural capital assessment which benchmarks your current natural capital
- Find your property on the prioritization map to identify priority areas for your own plans for revegetation/regeneration and biodiversity/carbon market opportunities
How to interpret the map
- The framework has nine classes to rank areas based on commercial attractiveness and environmental co-benefits:
- Commercial attractiveness is based on environmental planting (EP) project carbon sequestration potential and demand for biodiversity credits in the area
- Environmental co-benefits (ecological benefits) are based on proximity to wetland and streams and potential for landscape restoration
- The first letter represents commercial attractiveness, and the second letter represents environmental co-benefit potential
Learn more about carbon projects
Watch the ‘Carbon Project Basics Webinar’ with speakers Kylie Durant, Holbrook Landcare Network and Emily Wilson, LLS Natural Capital Advisor.
Exploring biodiversity and carbon opportunities
The Australia Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme is regulated by the Clean Energy Regulator https://cer.gov.au/schemes/australian-carbon-credit-unit-scheme
The Nature Repair Market scheme is the Australian Governments biodiversity market mechanisms based on biodiversity credits https://cer.gov.au/schemes/nature-repair-market-scheme
Voluntary opportunities are available outside of credit markets through the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust to access income and management funding for native vegetation and habitat https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew/nsw-biodiversity-conservation-trust
The Carbon Opportunity Decision Support Tool developed by the Australian Farm Institute (AFI). The tool is designed to assist land managers in better understanding carbon farming opportunities which might be best suited to their enterprise https://www.carbontool.farminstitute.org.au/
Checklist questions for a carbon service provider (LLS)
PLANR is the Australian Governments tool to explore carbon and biodiversity opportunities https://planr.gov.au/
LOOC-C is a tool designed to assess options for projects offered under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme, including soil carbon method, plantation forestry methods, environmental planting method https://looc-c.farm/
Revegetation guide to the South West Slopes and Riverina Region https://revegetation.org.au/
You can reach out to the team at Holbrook Landcare Network to register for a Natural Capital Assessment. Give us a call on (02) 6036 3181 or email us at [email protected]
This project is supported by the NSW Government through a Low Carbon Landscapes grant, delivered under the Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program within the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.