Environmental Markets Training

The NRM Regions Australia Online Environmental Markets Forum was held in May 2024 exploring the key terms, concepts and requirements for environmental markets and how they could support nature restoration.

The event was designed to support natural resource managers to understand environmental markets and showcased sixteen fantastic speakers. Scientists, public-policy makers, researchers, project developers, market representatives and regional NRM staff spoke over the following four sessions.

1. Foundational module: What are environmental markets and what are the opportunities and risks for regional natural resource management outcomes?
2. Enablers of environmental investment: What components are needed for environmental investment to support nature positive outcomes?
3. Drivers of environmental investment: What national and global influences are driving, or likely to drive, investment in nature and green finance?
4. Engaging with markets: What are the mechanisms, pathways and steps for prospective market participants?

Watch all the recordings on NRM Regions Australia’s YouTube channel.

Presentations and Speakers:

• Introduction to environmental markets – Meaghan Burkett, Natural Capital and Environmental Markets Initiative
• Stories from the regions; working with community and investors to prepare for the environmental markets era – Carla Swift, Wheatbelt NRM
• Stories from the regions; navigating natural capital & environmental market opportunities – Claire Parkes, NSW LLS Principal Program Manager; Natural Capital
• An Australian Government Nature Repair Market update – Catherine Riordan, DCCEEW
• Data, information, and knowledge to support environmental markets – Dr Anna Richards, CSIRO
• Integrity in environmental markets – Professor Stewart Lockie, James Cook University
• Stories from the regions; knowledge systems for environmental investments – Matt Dawson, North Central LLS
• Stories from the regions; Burnett Mary Regional Group’s natural capital journey – Matt Taylor, BMRG
• Understanding the global and domestic drivers of environmental investment – Andrew Petersen BCSD Australia
• Understanding nature positive supply chain incentives – Jay Hender, Climate Friendly
• Stories from the regions; opportunities for investment in landscape repair – Paul Dennis, Healthy Land and Water
• Understanding a voluntary market platform – Maree Adshead, CEO, Eco Markets Australia
• Stories from the regions; Developing the Cassowary Credit scheme – Bronwyn Robertson, Terrain NRM
• Understanding a commercial biodiversity credit; nature plus credits – Anjali Nelson, Greencollar
• A farmer’s perspective of carbon and nature markets and what should come next – Andrew Gibbons, WA