Can carbon protect species?

At Carbon Positive Australia, we know first-hand that conservation costs money and recovering threatened species takes effort. We know that our carbon planting can and does protect species. We know this because our Citizen Science projects undertaken with CCWA and other organisations provide us with this valuable data.

Why rescuing the climate and biodiversity go hand-in-hand…

The 10 year objectives listed in the report include:

The plan is indeed a start but reports suggest that it still falls short

• Funding is wholly inadequate. The $225 million committed is nowhere near enough, with researchers advising the actual figure sits at $1.69 billion.
• picking winners means many species will lose. The plan is focused on the decline of 110 species and 20 places. However, combined, we have more than 2,000 species listed as threatened.
• The plan assumes recovering priority species may help conserve other threatened species in the same areas and habitats. This is questionable given only around 6% of listed threatened species are slated to receive priority funding and how much the needs of different species can vary even in the same habitats and ecosystems.

(For more information please refer to the article by The Conversation)

At Carbon Positive Australia, we know first-hand that conservation costs money and recovering threatened species takes effort. We also recognise the funding allocated to this Action Plan may not nearly be enough. Still, it is a start, and this is where we recognise the role we have to play as an organisation and the part we all have to play in protecting our threatened species.

We know that our carbon planting can and does protect species

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