Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable

Session: History and future of ecosystem services

Facilitator: AFI Executive Director Richard Heath

Guest speaker: Dr. John Hewson, Chair of Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

Presentation summary:

Former Liberal leader John Hewson delivered a scathing rebuke of the Government's climate change policy at the Roundtable, saying "we don't have a sense of urgency to achieve these emission reduction targets". Dr Hewson argued that regenerative agriculture can offset future emissions and supported plans for a HECS-style scheme that would see farmers receive a baseline carbon reading to help remove barriers for those looking to explore carbon farming initiatives as the market developed.

ABC News article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-10-19/hewson-slams-coalition-on-climate-change-as-business-takes-lead/11617292

Download the Spring 2019 Farm Policy Journal edition on “Managing agriculture’s ecosystem services”

http://farminstitute.org.au/publications/journal/farm-policy-journal-spring-2019

Click or copy/paste link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts

farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers

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Australian Farm Institute PodcastBy Australian Farm InstituteNov 07, 2019