Carbon farming

Regional NRM organisations have been involved in carbon farming since the beginning. The Carbon Farming Initiative Act 2011 (CFI Act) requires carbon farming projects to be consistent with regional NRM plans – the Act acknowledges that consideration of the landscape-scale and local context described in NRM plans and alignment of carbon farming projects to NRM plan objectives can deliver better outcomes for nature and regional communities.

NRM Regions Australia is committed to supporting regional NRM organisations to engage with carbon and environmental markets, and making sure that policy makers and others understand the critical role regional NRM organisations can, and do, play in optimising outcomes from carbon farming investment.

The following collections reflect resources that have been developed or curated by NRM Regions Australia to provide advice or insight into issues of relevance to regional NRM organisations in carbon farming. Many of these resources have been developed or identified through the NRM Regions Australia Carbon and Environmental Markets Knowledge Project. The collections also include submissions and papers that have been made to governments and others by NRM Regions Australia on behalf of regional NRM organisations across the country.