US scheme used by Australian farmers reveals the dangers of trading soil carbon to tackle climate change
- Written by Aaron Simmons, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England
Soil carbon is in the spotlight in Australia. A key plank in the Morrison government’s technology-led emissions reduction policy, it involves changing farming techniques so soils store more carbon from the atmosphere.
Farmers can encourage and accelerate this process through methods that increase plant production, such as...