+ What are carbon credits?

A carbon credit is a financial unit awarded when the equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2 -e) is removed from the atmosphere and stored in the land or is prevented from being released into the atmosphere.

+ What is an ACCU?

In Australia, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) issues Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to registered carbon projects under the ACCU Scheme (previously Emissions Reduction Fund) on completion of a successful project offsets report detailing the amount of avoided emissions or stored carbon.

+ Can carbon credits be sold?

Carbon credits can be sold to generate additional revenue for your farming operations. AgriProve has several options to assist farmers in monetising carbon credits. Contact us for more information.

+ Aren't carbon credits created from trees?

There are many ways carbon credits can be created and planting and regeneration of trees is one of them. Increasing your soil carbon levels is another way to create carbon credits which has the added benefit of improving on-farm productivity.

+ What is carbon farming?

Carbon farming fundamentally involves managing land to avoid associated greenhouse gas emissions and to drawdown carbon out of the air and store it in trees and soils.

+ Are there any prerequisites for my property to be eligible for a soil carbon project?

Yes, there are prerequisites for your property to be eligible for a soil carbon project. These requirements are dependent on the intended land use for the project as well as the previous 10 years of land use. Chat to us for more information on this subject or check your farms eligibility using our EOI App.

+ WHAT IS THE ACCU SCHEME?

The ACCU Scheme (previously Emissions Reduction Fund) is the Australian Government’s mechanism for purchasing carbon abatement. It does this by buying Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from carbon projects. Soil carbon projects are registered under a methodology called Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems. Agricultural operations can receive carbon credits using this method if they implement new activities to build soil carbon on their land and record measurable increases in soil organic carbon.