High Impact Partnerships
Across NSW, landowners are reaping the rewards of the Government-backed High Impact Partnerships. Together, we’ve invested over $23 million in six innovative projects through Round 1 of the program with around $7 million from us, matched by $17 million from our partners.
These projects are delivering large-scale carbon reduction and creating real benefits for landholders including:
- lower costs through more efficient, sustainable land management practices
- healthier, more productive land that will support better yields and long-term profitability
- environmental gains like improved soil health and biodiversity
- a source of alternative income through carbon credits.
Imagine your land working harder for you—generating income, cutting costs, and delivering better outcomes for the environment.
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Through Living Carbon grants we are investing up to $5 million in carbon abatement projects, which deliver biodiversity benefits in three regions of NSW. We are partnering with Local Land Services in the North Coast and Riverina regions, and with the MidCoast Council to ensure land managers are supported to design and deliver their tree planting projects to maximise environmental outcomes.
More than $250,000 has been invested in 3 projects to date, with more projects in the pipeline.
The On-farm Carbon Advice project is an early outreach initiative to be delivered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. It provides education and training for farmers to understand emissions, sequestration and pathways to reduce emissions. We are supporting farmers transition to a low emissions future.
National Parks represent a large part of the land in NSW. The Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program is partnering with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service to implement carbon projects on the National Parks estate.
The first project under this partnership is in Koonaburra National Park, aimed at reducing grazing pressure from goats and vegetation damage caused by feral pigs, allowing the area to naturally revegetate. Partnering with Climate Friendly, the project is projected to sequester up to 500,000 tons of CO2 equivalent over 25 years, potentially generating around $15 million based on current carbon credit prices.
This is equivalent to removing 228,000 cars off the road every year for 25 years. National Parks and Wildlife Service will use some of the income from this project to reinvest into other carbon projects. The project will also create co-benefits for the National Parks and Wildlife Service through improving the biodiversity values on site. The project will also contribute to NPWS’s efforts to be Carbon Positive by 2028.
Read more here Carbon positive by 2028 | Park policies | Environment and Heritage