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Oliver
We would like to invite you to
a First Nations consultation workshop next week on the implementation
of the Carbon Credit (ACCU) Review. This workshop is an important opportunity for
First Nations people and representatives of Indigenous organisations
to discuss changes being implemented by the Australian
Government as a result
of
recommendations from the independent review.
Workshop
attendees
We are inviting First Nations people, or nominated
representative from an Indigenous Traditional Owner group representing
First Nations interests. We want to hear
from Native Title registrants and/or claimants with a carbon project
registered by a third party on their Country, particularly where the
project was registered without your consent. We would
like to hear from First Nations people and
representatives from Indigenous groups about how Indigenous
“proponent-led” carbon method design can be supported as well as
those keen to have a say on the implementation of the
ACCU Review itself.
Times and
registration details
There are three opportunities to join us next week. We
encourage you to register for the workshop in your region, however if
you're unable to attend please join another session. Each session will
cover the same topics; please attend just one
workshop.
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North Western Region (NT/WA)
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Eastern Region (Qld/NSW/ACT)
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Southern Region (SA/VIC/TAS)
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Monday 14
August, 1-3pm ACST
(NT time), 11:30am–1:30pm AWST (WA time)
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Tuesday 15 August,
10:30am-12:30pm AEST
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Friday 18 August,
10am-12pm
AEST, 9:30-11:30am ACST (SA time)
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Background
Over the last 12 months, the Government has reviewed
Australia’s carbon credit industry to improve governance, integrity
and transparency. You may have been involved in a consultation
facilitated by ICIN during the review phase. Recommendations from the
review are now being implemented, including legislative changes to the
Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Act. The ACCU Review
Recommendations can be viewed here: Independent
Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units Implementation
Plan.
The Australian Government (DCCEEW) has contracted ICIN to
independently run workshops to gather First Nations’ input into these
recommendations; ICIN is committed to enabling First Nations groups
from across Australia to identify key issues, barriers and
opportunities in the implementation of these changes and to have a say
on how these could best be managed by
government.
Specific
recommendations to be discussed in the
workshop
Recommendation 11 - The CFI Act to be amended to remove the
option to conditionally register ACCU projects on Native Title lands
prior to obtaining consent, in alignment with the principles of Free,
Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). ICIN advocated for
this change. Consent will now be required upfront instead of
conditionally over a period of 5-7 years.
Recommendation 5 - Establish a transparent proponent-led
process for developing and modifying methods as soon as practicable.
This new approach is designed to promote innovation by giving
proponents the flexibility to develop or adapt new carbon method
approaches. ICIN is keen to hear from First
Nations people about what this should look
like.
Other issues to discuss include the phasing out
of the Human Induced Regeneration (HIR) method, the development of
the Integrated Farm and Land Management (IFLM) method and
any other issues raised in preliminary interviews or
other workshops.
Indigenous
Carbon Industry Network (ICIN)
ICIN is an
independent,
Indigenous-owned network of Indigenous organisations that run carbon projects or have
an interest in
producing carbon credits from land and sea management on their
Country. ICIN
is the peak body
for the Indigenous carbon industry. Learn more about icin.org.au.
Lastly, please email me at C...@icin.org.au if
you believe a group or individual should be invited to next week's
workshops that hasn't received an invitation. Comments and feedback
can be directly emailed to me if none of the workshop times
suit.
Anna, Indigenous Carbon Industry Network
https://www.icin.org.au/
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