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How these producers earnt the first large-scale soil carbon credits

Core samples being taken in a paddock to measure the amount of carbon in the soil. Photo: Carbon Link

TWO Queensland producers last week become the first to receive a large-scale allocation of soil carbon credits from the Federal Government, with a combined 151,312 Australian Carbon Credit Units issued.

The credits mean they were able to prove that their activities had resulted in an extra 151,312 tonnes of CO2 or the equivalent sequestered in the soil. Some of the projects have been audited five times by the Clean Energy Regulator.

Beef Central has been talking to both the producers…

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