Our Services

We offer a wide range of carbon farming services tailored to meet the needs of Australian landholders

Our flexible set-up options allow you to choose the level of support that suits you, ensuring competitive pricing through remote delivery and local expertise. Every project is individually priced to meet your specific needs.

01. Reforestation

Planting native trees on land that has been clear of forest for the past seven years. This could be at mass-scale or integrated into your farming operation by creating shelter belts and/or planting on underutilised land.

We offer two levels of feasibility assessments to support you at different stages of your carbon journey. Our feasibility presentation includes an opportunity for Q&A, providing clarity and insights. For a more detailed financial analysis, our feasibility report offers an in-depth evaluation tailored to your needs.

We support you in registering your project with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), including developing all required supporting documentation. Connecting you with local expert partners to undertake necessary site inspections and provide advice on planting design, whilst maintaining compliance oversight of the project. We’re with you every step of the way to ensure that your planting is successfully established, providing easy to use templates and guidance.

We offer a range of services to assist you with project monitoring, backed by extensive expertise in producing accurate and successful offset reports. These services involve detailed spatial analysis and mapping (GIS), FullCAM simulations, offset report drafting and collation of documentation – ensuring you are prepared for compliance and audit requirements.

02. Plantation Forestry

Improving forest management practices to enhance long-term carbon stocks involves applying activities such as establishing a new plantation, converting an existing plantation from short to long rotation, avoiding the conversion of a forest to non-forested land use, or transitioning to a permanent forest.

We assess the feasibility of a project under the Plantation methodology. Explaining all practical, eligibility and financial aspects, helping you understand which forest management practice would suit you.

Each activity under the Plantation Forestry method requires detailed evidence and documentation to satisfy eligibility criteria. We support you in gathering this information and submitting a comprehensive application. We leave the planting in the hands of your experts, while providing expert guidance and support to help you meet all compliance standards with confidence.

To earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from your plantation project, you must complete an offset report at least every 5 years and have a minimum of three audits across the 25-year project lifetime. We assist you in gathering all necessary documentation, conducting spatial analysis and mapping (GIS), and performing FullCAM simulations to deliver a comprehensive, high-quality report and complete credit issuance.

03. Accounting for Nature^™

Environmental accounting using the Accounting for Nature™ (AfN) framework allows you to measure the baseline condition of an environmental asset, (such as native vegetation or a threatened species). From this, you can measure the improvements in your land’s condition resulting from strategically implemented land management practices. Demonstrating an improvement from the baseline condition may present financial opportunity under emerging natural capital markets.

The first step to measuring your environmental assets and developing an Environmental Account under the AfN framework is to complete a scoping assessment. We help to develop the purpose and scope of your Account, identifying the natural assets and opportunities across your property, and recommending suitable methodologies for quantifying environmental condition improvements.

The development of an Environmental Account under the AfN framework requires you to build upon the scoping work completed during your initial stages of your project. We support you in engaging a qualified Asset Expert to undertake the required fieldwork and gather the data needed to produce an Environmental Account. This will include calculating your Environmental Condition score (ECond) to ensure it is prepared for certification and auditing with the AfN framework.

Once you have a certified Environmental Account and associated baseline ECond, you can begin to implement your improvement activities. Depending on the method selected, you will need to submit reports on the condition of your project at regular intervals and have your Environmental Account re-certified by AfN. We can support you to complete these tasks and identify opportunities to strategically integrate this with your ACCU project.

04. Soil Carbon

Introducing new or improved land management practices to store additional carbon in your soil. Practices may include stubble retention, no-till, cover cropping, using legume species, soil amelioration or changes in grazing management.

We assess the feasibility of undertaking a soil carbon project at your property. This outlines all the costs involved and explores how the potential for soil carbon increase can deliver Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) revenue. The key risks and eligibility considerations will also be identified so you can proceed with confidence.

The Soil Carbon method requires a significant amount of upfront spatial analysis (GIS) as part of your registration with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER). We support you in completing the stratification of your project, developing a baseline sampling plan in alignment with the method. We’ll also connect you to our network of baseline sampling experts who can complete the on-ground sampling required.

While we don’t currently offer offset reporting or audit support under the soil carbon method, our experience allows us to guide you to the right resources and experts.

05. Carbon Accounting

Carbon accounting is the process of calculating your farm’s emissions based on your inputs and processes. It tells you how many tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent you produce within your operation every year.

We support you in setting up your property’s carbon account utilising the AIA Environmental Accounting Platform, to give you the tools and understanding to measure your future emissions in the future.

We provide a comprehensive report that explains the types and sources of emissions being produced on your farm. We’ll also provide a range of solutions to reduce your impact.

You can add a carbon farming feasibility assessment under the Reforestation, Planation Foresty or Soil carbon methodologies to quantify how many carbon credits you could produce.

What our clients are saying

“The CFF have provided practical and self-explanatory resources to get our project started. They broke down the design and planning stages of our project into a simple step-by-step process. This made it easy for us to make decisions and engage local specialists in our area.”

– ProTen Nerrandera Reforestation Project

“CFF have provided the essential tools, resources, and support to build our understanding of carbon farming and developed our capacity to deliver our own projects. We are really excited to be working with them to get our first tree planting project in the ground later this year.”

– Boundary Bend Olives Reforestation

“We found our dedicated expert really helpful with the strategic questions and they were skilled in planting timings and GIS to assist with the council approval. The not-for-profit model suited us.”

– Millmerran Power Carbon Farming Project

“CFF has different motives (compared to other service providers), this was reinforced as CFF obtains none of the carbon credits generated. It’s also great to have one consistent point of contact”

– Heartwood Unlimited and Radial Timber

“Always available, very open, responsive. Dedicated team member has given us confidence in the scheme. The DIY approach and transparency really appealed to us.”

– Plantation Pine Products Australia

“CFF supported my DIY approach, openly shared their knowledge, and have strong connections with regulators, unlike others in the industry. My dedicated expert knows every detail and has been fantastic.”

– Gurrabeal Reforestation & Biodiversity Project

“All our experiences with CFF have been positive. They matched our values, met our criteria, and allowed us to keep all generated carbon credits. We appreciated the flexibility to be as involved as we wanted, along with their deep expertise and great support through registration.”

– Caloora Carbon Project

“CFF has extensive knowledge and experience, gained from years in the field.Most importantly, they genuinely prioritise the best outcomes for our project. No conflicts of interest, no corporate motives. ‘Your land, your profits’, they actually mean that. From the start, their advice gave me full confidence in their expertise. I appreciate having one main contact who’s dedicated to us, while also bringing in other experts as needed. This approach builds my confidence in the whole team.”

– Thooruna Reforestation Project

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Frequently asked questions

01 What is carbon farming?

Carbon farming is the practice of reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere by storing carbon (CO2e) in the landscape, specifically in vegetation and soil. There are a variety of carbon farming methods that can integrate into existing farming operations, such as planting trees and vegetation to store carbon in the landscape or changing property management to store carbon in soil.

In Australia, carbon farming activities that comply with specific vegetation or agricultural-based methodologies can be registered as projects under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme. Several other international methodologies can apply to certain projects, but these FAQs apply to ACCU Scheme methodologies.

02How do carbon credits work?

In Australia, ACCUs are issued by the CER to a project proponent when it is verified that carbon has been successfully stored in the landscape. One carbon credit equals one tonne of CO2e stored or avoided by a project.

Carbon credits can act as an additional revenue stream for your farming business. As the government, business and industry move towards carbon neutrality, these carbon credits are increasingly more lucrative assets or tradable commodities.

03How big does my project need to be?

There is no minimum size for a project to be registered under the ACCU Scheme, however size is a key variable for project success. Other variables such as carbon yield, and whether you may be eligible to take advantage of cost-reduction opportunities, will determine whether your land is viable for a carbon project. A project of at least 150ha is a general rule of thumb for viability, with greater project sizes allowing for greater economies of scale for many costs.

04How much money can you make from carbon farming?

Carbon credits are issued after each relevant reporting period within the carbon project. You can choose to sell these credits and generate an additional revenue stream, however the price you may be able to negotiate for the selling of your ACCUs is not static. Similar to shares, the price of your ACCUs will depend on the type of project you’re running and demand for ACCUs more widely. There are many reputable advisory services and we can help to point you in the right direction when you come to this stage of your project.

05Can I earn carbon credits from existing trees?

Unfortunately, to be able to participate under the ACCU Scheme methods we support you cannot plant trees in areas where forest cover already exists (or was present in the past 7 years). This is to ensure that the project is additional.

06How long does it take to get registered?

We recommend starting to gather all your required documentation and evidence at least 1 year prior to when you’re hoping to plant. This will allow you to properly complete your application ahead of time, aid a smooth registration process with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), and give you opportunity to get your seedlings ordered in time for the next planting window.

Once you submit your registration with the CER, they have up to 90 days to assess your application, so it is important to have a clear understanding of timings at the commencement of your project.

Interested in starting your carbon project?

Book a free non-obligation chat with our expert carbon team.