Plans Afoot for Australia’s First ‘Blue Carbon’ Farm

Millions of dollars and hectares of land will be dedicated to the new project which aims to generate saleable carbon credits.
Plans Afoot for Australia’s First ‘Blue Carbon’ Farm
An egret stand next to mangroves during the World Mangrove Day in Banda Aceh on July 26, 2024. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia’s first blue carbon farm is coming to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, set to create a sprawling mangrove ecosystem on the lower Maroochy River floodplain at Yandina.

The operation aims to restore the river’s ecosystem, encouraging seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves to thrive and generating carbon credits which can be sold or used towards net-zero targets.

Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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