Community
The establishment of Mallee trees provides opportunity for employment
within local communities. Contract Service providers are required
throughout the site preparation, planting and monitoring phases of the
program which facilitates local job creation. Well placed and designed tree
plantings also enhance the aesthetic and capital value of a property.
Farm Productivity
Mallee environmental plantings can make significant contributions to the
productivity of crops, pastures and animals. These plantings can reduce
physical damage to crops and pasture by reducing the impact of strong dry
winds, contribute to potential yield increases by influencing temperature,
humidity, evaporation and soil moisture conservation. They contribute to
improving soil quality by limiting the loss of valuable top soil to wind
erosion and also reduce the likelihood of dryland salinity affecting
farming land. Tree belts also provide shelter for grazing stock during
extremes of heat and cold and significantly minimise animal production
losses.
Financial benefits
These unique mallee plantings offer a direct financial injection into your
farming and grazing business. Landholders participating in this program are
paid on a $/ha rate for the land planted under trees. All costs associated
with the planting program including surveys, site preparation, planting,
seeds and seedlings, weed and pest management, cultivation and monitoring
costs are all met by CO2 Australia. This payment is in recognition of the
long term nature of the CO2 AUSTRALIA™ Carbon Sequestration Program, and
the fact that arable land is taken out of production. In return, CO2
Australia takes an interest in the land called a Forestry Right. A
Restriction on Use is also taken over the land by the New South Wales
Government to protect the interests of the landholder, CO2 Australia and
the trees.
Environmental Benefits
The mallee planting program offers significant environmental benefits to
existing farming and grazing enterprises. These mallee plantings reduce the
effects of soil erosion and loss of valuable topsoil, mitigate waterlogging
and dryland salinity and have positive impacts on water quality. There are
also improved biodiversity and wildlife habitat benefits. Mallees make
ideal shelter and shade belts and require little maintenance, are pest and
pathogen resistant and prosper in low rainfall farming areas.
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