Land tenure, access and development
For the forestry industry to expand in the Northern Territory, guidance for potential participants is needed. Forestry activities are governed by several Acts, so it has been identified that there is need for a comprehensive information resource. This project focuses on pastoral lease land and Aboriginal freehold land as the most common land tenures in […]
Energy production and infrastructure feasibility study
There is vast potential in the Hub region to generate energy from forestry residues and other woody waste. This project aims to assess and build a model of available woody mass resource in existing forestry business locations. It will determine whether it is feasible to create value from residues that are currently underutilised, and outline […]
Increasing First Nations participation in the Northern Australian forestry sector
A significant proportion of the Hub‘s land area is Indigenous owned with numerous communities in remote areas surrounded by forests. Forest-based enterprises offer opportunities for First Nations peoples to develop livelihoods and skills required in the forestry industry. The purpose of this project is to outline what is needed to develop comprehensive training frameworks to […]
Removal of the water rule for forest carbon credit projects
The Australian Government has removed the ‘water rule’ from the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Rule 2015 (CFI Rule) under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme from 1 June 2024. The ‘water rule’ refers to added conditions that plantation forestry and other tree planting projects in high rainfall locations need to meet to participate […]
Roadmap to markets
This project report provides a detailed understanding of the specific infrastructure needs for the forestry industry in the Hub area to support it to progress from the growing stage to getting products to markets.
