Collaborative carbon farming for soil management: Report and guide for landholders

<p dir="ltr">This project set out to evaluate whether landholders working together on carbon farming could offer advantages for landholders, particularly in relation to soil carbon. It also sought to understand the challenges that collaboration might bring and what kinds of collaborative models might be attractive to landholders. This involved more than 50 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in the carbon. The emergence and rapid growth of a carbon farming sector in Australia means landholders now have a viable pathway to earn money by storing carbon in their soils and vegetation. However, those with small properties alone may not have the critical mass of carbon needed to engage with carbon markets, and may lack the knowledge, skills and tools to develop projects by themselves. These challenges can be particularly acute for projects aimed at enhancing soil carbon, where measurement techniques are relatively immature, upfront costs can be high and the amount of sequestration may be uncertain</p>