Daniel Kemp
The sale price of A$100m for Cherylton Farms is a record for the region for a mixed-farming asset sold on a walk-in, walk-out basis.
Beetaloo Aggregation in Northern Australia presents ‘huge’ carbon offset opportunity across more than 1 million ha.
Mark Rogers will replace David Brand as New Forests CEO, with Brand to serve as chair until departing the business in 2025.
The Chubb Review into the framework surrounding ACCUs has produced 16 recommendations that will help to increase certainty in Australia’s carbon market.
A government-commissioned review into Australia’s carbon crediting framework has backed the scheme as ‘well-designed’ but calls for improvements to transparency and governance.
FIRB reported that 43 investments were made into agriculture, forestry and fishing worth a combined A$1.6bn in Q1 2022.
Sundrop Farms will be the second asset in the Centuria Agriculture Fund, joining a glasshouse estate previously owned by Roc Partners’ Flavorite.
New Forests’ ANZLAFF is its fourth fund focused on Australia and New Zealand, investing in plantation forestry, infrastructure and agriculture.
The second State of Finance for Nature report found that nature-based solutions are underfinanced if the world is to meet climate and biodiversity goals.
Expansion of the industry in Australia has so far been measured but CEA is drawing more investors globally. What are the sector’s prospects Down Under and what is attracting capital to the space?