RECORDING | Webinar: Unlocking the Value of Forest Carbon
The recording of this webinar, is now available.
In this webinar, presenters examine the benefits and complexities of valuing forest carbon. This session explores the opportunities and risks associated with integrating trees into farm enterprises, including the extent to which tree planting can reduce net farm emissions in high-productivity systems. The webinar also unpacks the intricacies of carbon markets, focusing on how to design projects to maximize their value through the sale of carbon credit units. Finally, forest carbon values beyond the credit market are also considered alongside regulatory and emissions reporting demands, and their implications for forest managers.
RFP CPD points: 1.5
Forestry Australia Member: $10 | Non-Member: $60
Rachelle Meyer
The carbon and productivity co-benefits of integrating trees into farming systems
This presentation will summarise the findings of the Trees on Farm: Maximising Co-benefits project focusing on results from three case study farms. The results provide a better understanding of the benefits and risks associated with integrating trees into farm enterprises, including the extent to which tree planting can reduce net farm emissions in high productivity systems (14-18 DSE/ha) of Victoria. Farmers can customise tree planting configurations based on their objectives, with return on investment influenced by factors like frequency and severity of extreme conditions, effectiveness of shelter, quality of pasture replaced, potential revenue from the planting, and carbon auditing costs.
John Lawson
Participating in carbon markets: understanding the value of your carbon
This presentation will explain the current market landscape for monetising carbon sequestered in forests. “Green” or sequestered carbon is often traded at a premium, including under the ACCU Scheme. Foresters and landholders should understand why this carbon is desirable and how to design projects and sell the resultant units to maximise their value.
Geoff Roberts
Beyond Carbon Credits: The Value of Forest Carbon
This presentation will focus on the forest carbon values that are beyond the carbon credit market. As voluntary and regulatory demands for emissions reporting grow, it’s becoming increasingly important for those in with forests to quantify the carbon stock and impacts of management on this stock. This session will touch on the expanding landscape of carbon disclosure regulations, and some of the implications for forest managers.
Rachelle Meyer
Rachelle’s research interests focus on climate change mitigation and adaption in agriculture. She earned her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2017. Rachelle has investigated topics including the mitigation potential and co-benefits of soil carbon and tree planting, the potential of other mitigation options, the impacts of climate change on farming systems, and the options to adapt to these changes. This work includes modelling whole farm systems and estimating emissions and carbon sequestration, primarily on livestock farms.
John Lawson
John is a regulatory and market economist with over 15 years experience in state and federal government designing and managing regulatory frameworks, including elements of the Clean Energy Future (Carbon Pricing and the Carbon Farming Initiative) and Emissions Reduction Fund. John has been the Carbon Projects Manager at Midway Limited for the past 9 months applying his expertise in carbon markets to Midway’s rapidly growing carbon project portfolio.
Geoff Roberts
Geoff is an experienced forester with more than 18 years of proven success across public, private, and research organizations in Australia and internationally. He is a leading specialist in national and project level carbon accounting, as well as project level method development. For the past 9 years Geoff has worked at FLINTpro, where he leads forest carbon assessments for scope 3 emissions and carbon credit markets.
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