Positive and Negative Lists for the Carbon Farming Initiative

The Carbon Farming Initiative is a carbon offsets scheme being established by the Australian Government to provide new economic opportunities for farmers, forest growers and landholders while also helping the environment by reducing carbon pollution.

The Government consulted broadly on design options for the Carbon Farming Initiative from October 2010 to February 2011. The legislation for the Carbon Farming Bill was introduced to Parliament on 24 March 2011.

Acknowledging the complexity of some issues under the CFI, the Government has committed to conduct further stakeholder consultation on targeted issues such as additionality and risk mitigation.

The Department has now released a consultation paper covering:

  • the Positive List, which identifies activities that would be considered additional and eligible to participate in the scheme; and
  • the Negative List, which identifies activities that are ineligible in certain circumstances because they risk adverse impacts on communities and the environment.

This consultation paper (PDF 534KB) (RTF 4MB) provides an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on the approach to developing the Positive and Negative Lists and to propose activities for consideration.

Submission Guidelines

  1. Submissions are invited from all interested stakeholders;
  2. Where possible, submissions should be lodged electronically to the email address below, using the template (163KB) provided on the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website in Microsoft Word or other text based formats. Alternatively, submissions may be sent to the postal address below to arrive by the due date;
  3. Submissions will not be treated as confidential and may be made publicly available. If a submission (or extract of a submission) is to be kept confidential, please indicate this in the submission; and
  4. All submissions are due 30 June. The Government may not be able to consider late submissions.

Submissions should be sent to:

Email: CFI@climatechange.gov.au

Address: 
Land Sector Policy Section, Land Division
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
GPO Box 854
CANBERRA  ACT  2601

Contact details

Submission template (163KB)

Hard copies are available on request via telephone: 02 6159 7622 or email CFI@climatechange.gov.au.