Creating diversified revenue streams out of 'The koala park' -
carbon credits and logging?
Nature as cash cow

"A long-promised New South Wales great koala national park is set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging."

"...Polluting companies are allowed to buy an unlimited number of credits – also known as offsets – to count as their own cuts while continuing to pollute. Scientists have warned limiting the climate crisis requires rapid direct cuts in emissions and that carbon offsets should be used sparingly."

"NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson said the logging industry was unprofitable and the government should end it regardless of carbon credit revenue. “Reducing our forests in NSW to cash cows and offsets for climate polluters … sends a signal across the country that governments can disregard the intrinsic value of nature in favour of the latest get-out-of-jail-free card for climate polluters." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/26/great-koala-national-park-nsw-carbon-credit-deal
#biodiversity #NativeForests #FossilFuels #climate #pollution #offsets #LoggingIndustry #koalas #wildlife #ClimateCrisis

Australian environmental standards?

Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069

"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna

When there is so much going wrong in the world, it can be free to do something right. Here’s a review of one of my favorite #offsets, paid by #TheCoin's yield capture.

One of my earliest memories is of my Dad marking exams by lantern light (pictured). So when we found an offset subsidizing solar lighting in Kenya & Uganda, it was an easy one to support. (1/2)

Hello #Fediverse! 👋

I’m a software developer based in Lundar, Manitoba 🇨🇦, building #TheCoin, a climate-fintech project that flips the math on #ClimateAction.

Politics and corporate goodwill struggle to address the climate crisis, personal action is hard to scale. That's why I built TheCoin, a system to reward individuals and fund climate projects through verified #offsets.

Looking forward to meeting the #ClimateTech, #Fintech, and #BuildInPublic communities here! 🌍

#Introduction

#CarbonCredits and Offsets - What Are They And How Do They Work? (by @climatenewsnow )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_xZG6UnvR0

> #Carbon_Credits and #offsets are a voluntary market that allows a company to emit #Co2 in exchange for doing something "green" like planting a tree or building ...

Exchange rates for different forms of environmental destruction:

From ‘net zero’ to ‘net gain’. The platypus-to-possum exchange rate
"Net gain’ allows/requires the use of offsets that are not like-for-like: I can destroy some platypus habitat if someone else protects some possum habitat."

"A bureaucrat is literally going to have to develop the platypus-to-possum exchange rate. I am not kidding; a bureaucrat is going to have to develop exchange rates for different forms of environmental destruction."
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https://michaelwest.com.au/from-net-zero-to-net-gain-the-platypus-to-possum-exchange-rate/
#Environment #biodiversity #BeanCounterEcology #offsets #EPBCAct #governance #destruction
The endangered Southern Pink Underwing Moth, Mural, Bellingen