As part of the Emission Reduction Fund Act 2011, farmers, businesses and industries can earn Australian carbon credit units by establishing and rehabilitating ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass and melaleuca forests that sequester carbon.
“As part of this research project, I developed a calculator that landowners will use to input information about their property such as the original land use, site elevation and blue carbon vegetation that develops naturally once tidal activity resumes.
Following the Paris agreement, Australia aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
“Many areas of low-lying grazing, cropping, and sugar cane cultivation are marginal, that is they do not return a profit for the farmer.
“The University has a long history of expertise in blue carbon research.