Partner services in natural capital

Do you want to learn more about sustainably managing the native forests on your property? Our farm forestry services provide native forest management approvals and advice for:

• biodiversity conservation, timber production, and ecologically sustainable forest management
• pest and weed management, fire management
• maintaining Aboriginal cultural values.

Enhance your land's productivity and sustainability by better managing waterways, vegetation, soils and biodiversity. Local Land Services natural resource management services:

• help farmers make well-informed decisions on natural asset management and its contribution to farm goals
• give customised local expertise and advice, with demonstration and training events.

Are you an NSW Aboriginal landholder or land management organisation? Learn how to participate in carbon markets. The Carbon on Country initiative:

• informs Aboriginal organisations about carbon farming projects that deliver outcomes for Country, culture and community
• includes place-based and online workshops and resources. 

Do you want to be paid to manage part of your property for conservation? 

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust offers conservation agreements that can support you to protect and manage biodiversity on your land. 

A range of agreements are available with options including:

• annual payments to deliver an agreed management plan
• access to grant funding to support your conservation goals.

Are you interested in setting up a carbon project through the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme? The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s On-Farm Carbon Advice Project provides farmers with:

• increased understanding of climate change, agricultural emissions and reduction strategies for on-farm emissions
• measurement of emissions with a Farm Carbon Management Plan, an action plan to reduce emissions and increase carbon storage
• enhanced understanding of production gains, new income streams and more.

Are you interested in creating and selling biodiversity credits? The DCCEEW Nature Markets and Offsets team will work with landholders to establish a biodiversity stewardship agreement to create biodiversity credits. 

Selling credits through Australia’s most established biodiversity market can:

• generate long-term funding to help you manage weeds and pests, and restore habitat for threatened species and ecosystems
• help future proof your property and support productivity and diversification.

Do you want to know how to manage your farms natural assets in the Riverina region? Riverina Local Land Services can help you to manage your farms natural assets and understand available natural capital and environmental market opportunities. Our pilot project works with you to map and document the natural capital on your property. It involves a mix of online learning, desktop mapping and site visits to develop a profile and baseline condition of the natural capital assets.

Do you need help finding environmental market opportunities? Environer, a free online tool developed by the University of New England and funded by AgriFutures Australia, is available to landholders to explore market and natural capital opportunities across Australia and internationally.