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Emerging carbon economies in northern Australia
Andrew Campbell
Shaun Ansell, Rowan Foley
Terrah Guymala, Geoff Lipsett-Moore
Andrew Roberts
http://riel.cdu.edu.au
The local coNText place-based distinctiveness
• Relatively intact, vast landscapes and seascapes− the largest network of free-flowing rivers in the world
• Extraordinary cultural heritage, ancient and contemporary
• Rich opportunities & intense development pressures− more than $1 trillion of resources projects in the pipeline
• Strategic national significance on the edge of Asia
• Darwin closer to Jakarta, Singapore and KL than to Sydney− Closest Australian university (JCU) is 2500km away
Savannas burn every year• Dry season - highly flammable landscape• Exacerbated by introduced weeds, especially Gamba Grass• Fire emits Greenhouse gases CO2, methane, N20
Photo Sam Setterfield
• Western Arnhemland – 25,000 km2 (6 million acres)– Significant biodiversity hot spot– Significant fire problem
• Unique partnership between traditional owners, NT and Commonwealth Governments and private funders
• Aims– Shift fire regimes at landscape scales– Reintroduce traditional burning regime, increase early dry
season fires and patchiness– Accurately quantify savanna GHG emission factors – Develop remote sensing techniques to map fires and
calculate emissions
WALFA – savanna fire abatement scheme
Savanna burning – 2011 fire scars
Investigate savanna fire cycleon mass and energy exchange
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Pre-project baseline(b) GHG Emissions
West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project
Conoco Phillips $20m
Inpex $37m
Biodiversity Fund $??
Other investors?
Before After
The orange, red to pink areas represent the significant fire abatement opportunities
(where we have the greatest frequency of late dry season wildfires)
Fish River Fire Project
The orange, red to pink areas represent the significant fire abatement opportunities
Fish River Station
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37,000 tonnes emissions
17,000 tonnes emissions
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Fish River Fire Project Emissions Performance
INDIGENOUS CARBONRowan FoleyGeneral Manager
Aboriginal Carbon Fund(not for profit company)
National Indigenous Climate Change
a. National Indigenous Climate Change (NICC) Forum held in Alice Springs March 2011 attended by over 50 Indigenous leaders, Land
Councils, DCCEE and corporates
b. Indigenous delegation @ Senate Inquiry into CFI
c. Indigenous Negotiation Roundtables in Canberra, Melbourne and Townsville with the Hon. Mark Dreyfus (Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change)
Aboriginal Communities, Lands & Native Title determinations with IPAs & ILUAs
Outcomes to Date
a. $22m Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund,b. Indigenous seat on the $1.7b Land Sector Carbon
Board,c. $29m of funding from first round of Biodiversity Fund d. Indigenous Negotiation Roundtablese. Recognition of native title rights and interests in CFIf. Amendment of ALP policyg. Development of the Indigenous Co-benefits Criteria
and Requirements to inform the Development of Australia’s CFI
h. Participation in the UN Workshop on Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples.
Aboriginal Carbon Fund
Enrichment Planting Methodology Development
Steering Committee: Kimberley Training Institute, RIRDC, CSIRO, RM Williams, NT Parks & Wildlife, Allens and Commonwealth Bank
Gubinge (Kakadu plum) propagation Broome
Aboriginal Carbon Fund
Blue Carbon Methodology Working Group: AIMS, GBRMPA, QLD Dept of Fisheries, Balkanu, TSRA, Tierra Mar consulting, Alloporus Environmental, Allens and Charles Darwin University
Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
Aboriginal Carbon Fund
Australian Carbon Rangelands Enterprise (ACRE) Rangelands Methodology
Fauna and Flora International, RM Williams Agricultural, Canopy, Aboriginal Carbon Fund, NorthWest Carbon, Do-Tank and Bush Heritage
An agenda for Indigenous Carbon (1)
1. A Fair Carbon Australia system to mitigate risk and promote a fair price for a genuine product
2. An Aboriginal Carbon Standard tool so community based Traditional Owner and/or ranger groups can undertake 99% of project development and auditing
3. An annual Indigenous Carbon and Co-benefits Investment Forum
4. Indigenous and environmental co-benefits promoted as integral to all carbon projects for a premium price
5. The regulatory role of Australian Government is kept minimal, allowing Indigenous land and sea owning groups to negotiate a fair price within a mutually agreed framework
An Agenda for Indigenous Carbon (2)
6. National Reserve System modified to allow land owners the ability to engage in both carbon and cattle markets within a conservation framework
7. State and Territory Governments allow Indigenous groups to trade ACCU’s from their land = real jobs in a real economy
8. Public register detailing all companies, institutions and government agencies source ACCU offsets from TOs
9. Indigenous Negotiation Roundtable provides direct advice and guidance to Ministers and officials
10. Indigenous carbon trading offices in Europe and/or Asia in 10 years.
Threats to our Indigenous Carbon Industry
Fledgling industry will make mistakes
Lack of industry standards (focus on govt regulation)
Non-Indigenous groups accessing Indigenous funding
Too many ‘carbon baggers’
Project failures damage our brand
Risks and rate of returns to investors not well understood
Industry overheads too high, not enough professionals operating at competitive rates
Not enough carbon agreements in place with 500 companies
Cost shifting by governments
Carbon workshop with Warrumungu people
Planning for the future
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