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Will The Government Steal $12 billion From Australian Farmers?

The Garnaut Inquiry Final Report estimates that Australian soils can sequester conservatively, 600 million tonnes of CO2e pa. At $20/tonne, that is a $12 billion incentive for Australian farmers to change their land management and adopt carbon farming. That money can save rural communities; it can save family farming; it can save rural landscapes and restore soils. And, as Garnaut sees it paid for between 25-50 years, it can help Agriculture prepare for and even prosper in the dryer, hotter future we are assured is coming. Or - as it did with the Native Vegetation Laws - will the Government 'nationalise' the soil carbon to pay its Kyoto bills? Who owns the carbon in the soil?

3 billion tonnes/year for 50 years, says world expert

3 billion tonnes/year for 50 years, says world expert
Agricultural Soil can sequester 3 billion mt of CO2e per year for the next 50 years, equivalent to a draw-down of 50 parts per million of atmospheric CO2 by 2100, according to Dr Rattan Lal, the world's most eminent soil carbon authority.

The Soil Carbon Mårket Is Open For Business

The Soil Carbon Mårket Is Open For Business
Prime Carbon's Ken Bellamy has walked the walk while others talked. He has combined his expertise in the environmental application of probiotics with soil enhancement and municipal waste management issues.

The Matrix: A Soil Carbon Solution

The Matrix: A Soil Carbon Solution
Brian Murphy, Senior Soil Scientist, Departmentof Environment & Climate Change, introduces the Matrix, a method for making soli carbon more easily mapped and measured.

The $20m Dollar Man

The $20m Dollar Man
Jeff Baldock, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO is in charge of the 13 soil carbon research projects funded earlier this year.

The Future of Soil Science Looks Like This

The Future of Soil Science Looks Like This
Sydney University's Ischani Wheeler reveals the progress of Prof. Alex. McBratney's 'secret soil carbon measurement machine'

How The Industry Bodies See The Future

How The Industry Bodies See The Future
Bryan Clark from the Grain Growers Association has been closely involved in negotiations leading up to the Copenhagen Round of Talks...

Water Needs Carbon, Carbon Needs Water

Water Needs Carbon, Carbon Needs Water
Controversial Peter Andrews is famous for 30 years of campaigning for a radica approach to water management that aims to rehydrate the landscape. There is a major initiative underway to have Peter's theories widely applied

Soil Biology's Evangelist

Soil Biology's Evangelist
Maarten Stapper was ahead of most of his contemporaries in identifying soil biology and the processes of nature as keys to a new view of soil management.

The Best Election Outcome for Soil Carbon

Congratulations to everyone who voted in the 2010 Federal Election. Your vote delivered the perfect outcome for the Soil Carbon Solution: a hung parliament with regional independents holding the balance of power in the House of Reps and the Greens holding the balance in the Senate. Sustainable, regenerative agriculture moves up from 'Nice To Have' to "Need To Have". The Carbon Coalition has links with two of the three original independents; The Greens have an understanding of the soil carbon issues; and both the major parties have a soil carbon policy. The intensity of the opportunity just increased 10-fold. So the stars are aligning. Congratulations, Voter. You always get it right.