Our own Dr Chris Mitchell this morning featured on ABC's national Bush Telegraph program discussing the Carbon Farming Initiative, the benefits of carbon sinks on rural land and how CO2 Australia's program works. Listen to the full interview on the ABC website. ...

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The number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government's Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011.

"Over the last six months, we've seen a massive increase in the number of farmers asking about establishing carbon sinks on their farms," CO2 Australia land acquisition manager Mark Ritchie said.

"This high level of interest is very positive for Australia's growing carbon industry and also indicates that landholders understand how...

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Thanks to Peter Willkinson at Wilkinson Group for this post on the confusion resulting from pricing carbon across different countries.

Are you confused? Well, so is practically everyone else. Globally.

It seems that almost every...

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Two of the world's leading environmental markets publications, Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance, have named CO2 Group as a winner in their annual market survey.

We were voted "Best Project Developer" in Australasia in the magazine survey which is the most closely watched poll of sentiment across the world's carbon, renewable...

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It's not hard to find a poignant image illustrating the state of the environment or the threat of climate change. Even less so now as Photoshop plays an increasing role in how we view the world. But this image, created by WWF, struck a chord with us because we know 20% of the world's global emissions are caused by deforestation. And you can't Photoshop real life.

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The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) commences today and provides exciting opportunities for farmers, landholders and landfill operators to participate in carbon markets.

The CFI Adminstrator is now operational and will allow land managers, farmers and landfill operators to participate in carbon markets.

Regulations to enable the operation of the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units, recognition of offsets entities, approval of projects, transition of existing projects from Greenhouse Friendly and the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme (GGAS) and the assessment of methodologies also come into effect today. 

Information to assist potential...

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Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are growing at a record rate, with the latest data suggesting pollution from rich countries is accelerating despite nearly 15 years of pledges to make cuts. Read more.

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Today CO2 Group released it's annual report, with the following key highlights:

o Record revenue of $35 million - up from $27 million for 2010/11 (15 month period)
o NPAT of $1.5 million
o EBIT of $2.2 million
o Record cash position as at November 2011 - $35 million and no debt
o Business successfully diversified with new trading  and environmental services added 
o Solid pipeline of new business opportunities being pursued

CO2 took the decision to...

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CO2 Australia has been appointed by the Tasmanian Government to undertake a Forest Carbon Study aimed at estimating the volume of carbon currently stored in Tasmania's forest estates. The study is seen as a critical project for Tasmania, particularly given the recent passage of the Commonwealth Government's national carbon pricing legislation.

 It is also evidence of CO2 Australia's continued diversification of revenue streams, the strength of its advisory services team and the significant carbon project expertise that it has...

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