3727 research projects
Evaluation of Cooperative Models for Carbon Pooling through Behavioural Economics
AgriFutures Australia
28 May 2021 - 29 Aug 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Queensland University of Technology
The Efficiency Factor of Soil Carbon Stock Auditing Methods
AgriFutures Australia
For carbon markets to work effectively, we need a soil carbon auditing method that maximises grower profitability and gives purchasers confidence that credits translate to actual carbon sequestration on the ground. To maximise profitability for growers we must better understand the trade-off between the cost and the potential return on...
29 May 2021 - 30 May 2023
New South Wales, Australia
The University of Sydney
Objective 5 - Carbon Market Readiness – Financial Services
AgriFutures Australia
Australia’s carbon farming industry has grown steadily since the commencement of the Carbon Farming Initiative in 2011 and there is considerable potential to be exploited. However, only a very small proportion of landholders are currently engaged in carbon farming, and 80 per cent of Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) carbon reduction...
29 May 2021 - 28 Dec 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Carbon Market Institute Limited
Towards Circular Material Futures: Development of innovative solutions to recycling and re-purposing existing pre-farm gate waste
AgriFutures Australia
Plastics and limited quantities of mixed general waste can be effectively repurposed into new products for the built environment through additive manufacturing. Plastics and hard waste have multiple pathways for providing a new useful life: upcycling, downcycling, and energy extraction. This project collects and proposes the most promising options for...
30 May 2021 - 27 Jan 2022
New South Wales, Australia
University of Technology, Sydney
Carbon market development pathways for producers - Objective 3
AgriFutures Australia
Agriculture is more reliant on natural capital than almost any other sector of the economy, and is also uniquely positioned to redress this pressure by making a positive contribution to improving biodiversity, soil carbon, and other vital markers of ecosystem health. Entities large and small are now re-imagining, re-designing and...
15 Jun 2021 - 9 Nov 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Australian Farm Institute
Carbon Abatement and Storage - Kangaroo Grazing Systems
AgriFutures Australia
14 Jun 2021 - 9 Dec 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Australian Wildlife Services
Application of spaceborne-inspired hyperspectral imaging for soil carbon quantification
AgriFutures Australia
30 May 2021 - 29 Dec 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Cloud Agronomics Pty Ltd
Marine Permaculture cultivation, sinking and storage of deep blue seaweed biomass carbon in Australian EEZ waters
AgriFutures Australia
29 May 2021 - 29 Nov 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Climate Foundation Australia Ltd
Pre-Farm Gate Waste Program Project 1.2 Risks and benefits for sector change
AgriFutures Australia
Australian primary industries, which includes agriculture, fisheries and forestry, produce a signification amount of bi-product and waste. Increased adoption of practices is imperative if Australia is to meet its waste management targets. However, we first we need to understand the risks and benefits. This project will focus on identifying the...
2 Jun 2021 - 9 Oct 2022
New South Wales, Australia
RM Consulting Group Pty Ltd
Development of a national waste management strategy for primary industries focusing on plastics (hard & soft), animal waste and hard waste such as workshop waste
AgriFutures Australia
Agriculture, fisheries and forestry produce a large amount and diversity of waste with the disposal of waste often involving environmentally harmful practices (including burning, on-farm burying and dumping), landfill and the unproductive use of ‘end of first use resources. Opportunities exist to move towards more sustainable management of waste where...
29 May 2021 - 9 Oct 2022
New South Wales, Australia
RM Consulting Group Pty Ltd