The Australian Government’s original Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI)—which enabled farmers to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) through carbon farming—commenced in 2011.
This scheme was folded into the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) in December 2014.
The ERF was rebranded as the Climate Solutions Fund (CSF) in February 2019, however ERF still tends to be used when referring to the Fund. In this guide, ERF and CSF are used interchangeably.
The ERF (as configured at the time this manual was prepared) is intended to provide continuing encouragement for carbon farming.
Throughout this manual, we refer to both the Carbon Credits (Carbon Framing Initiative) Act 2011 and the ERF as the policy instruments for carbon farming activities that can generate ACCUs.
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1. Introduction: background to the business case
This chapter lays out the basic background and groundwork of the manual
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1.2 Being clear about the reasons for participating
Introduction: background to the business case
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1.4 Working through the business case for carbon farming
Introduction: background to the business case
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1.5 Factors determining project economics
Introduction: background to the business case
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1.8 Important features of the business case
Introduction: background to the business case
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2. How carbon is farmed under the ERF
This chapter considers in detail the activities that constitute carbon farming
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2.5 Carbon farming under the Emissions Reduction Fund
How carbon is farmed under the ERF
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3. The policy context and the price of ACCUs
This chapter takes a broad look at the policy context for carbon farming
