The submission advocates for improvements to the ACCU scheme project and contract register.
The submission welcomed increased transparency offered through changes to the ACCU scheme and register since the Chubb Review. The legislated role of regional NRM organisations was highlighted in the submission explaining the mandatory requirement under the CFI Act for all area-based carbon farming projects to be consistent with regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) plans.
NRM Regions Australia recommends prioritizing the publication of these consistency statements and regional NRM data, including co-benefits in project descriptions, and enhancing the geospatial data on the register with NRM region boundaries.
