5 things you need to know about the new Environmental Planting Method

The Clean Energy Regulator’s updates to the ‘Reforestation by Environmental or Mallee Plantings FullCAM Method’ at the end of 2024 marked a significant step in the ongoing evolution of Australia’s carbon credit market. Now we’ve had time to digest the changes and start applying the new Environmental Planting Method to carbon projects, here’s our take…

Meet our new record-breaking carbon project

Nature-based solutions business Canopy and its parent company Greening Australia have responded to rising demand for high-integrity carbon projects from corporate Australia with a native reforestation carbon aggregation, which will see over 2.26 million diverse native plants established across 1,228 hectares in 2023 – that’s almost three times the size of Melbourne’s CBD. The project,…

Learn what ‘nature positive’ means and why it is important

The term ‘nature positive’ describes stopping biodiversity loss and restoring nature to pre-2020 levels by 2030 – with an aim for full and ongoing ecosystem recovery by 2050. What is Nature Positive? We currently live in what could be described as a nature-negative world – where human activity is driving an unprecedented decline and loss…

Blue Carbon: what it is, and its true potential

Blue carbon refers to carbon stored by coastal and marine ecosystems, mostly through plant growth and by accumulating and burying organic matter so it can’t decompose and release carbon dioxide. Where do we find blue carbon? Some examples of blue carbon ecosystems are mangroves, saltmarshes, supratidal forests and seagrass meadows. There’s increasing interest worldwide in…