WHILE the carbon market was designed to be one the country’s biggest incentives to avoid land clearing, some say it may be doing the opposite with barriers to entry leaving landholders in a tough position.
There are plenty of ways to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units, but land clearing-based Avoided Deforestation and Human Induced Regeneration make up the vast majority of the market.
With tough administrative criteria to enter the carbon market, there is increasing evidence that it is pushing some landholders towards clearing – by making it hard to maintain the woodlands.
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