Sentences with phrase «land fire abatement»

The Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement program with Conoco Phillips is one such initiative with the Maningrida (Djeld) IPA in preparation.

Winner of the 2007 Eureka Prize for innovative solutions to climate change, the Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) project, utilises traditional fire burning practices to reduce carbon emissions and generate income for local communities.

Agreement making may also provide opportunities for Indigenous people to partner with industry and government and generate investment in offsets arising from land management, caring for country and wildfire management such as the Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project.

For example, the West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement project took up to ten years to develop.

Not exact matches

Joe Morrison, CEO of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, explained that «in time, as the carbon market matures and world prices per tonne rise, these credits will more than pay for the costs of the fire abatement projects.»

Land management and maintenance of the biodiversity and ecosystems through programs including Working on Country and the development of Indigenous Management Agreements, as well as carbon abatement through fire management, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous land ownLand management and maintenance of the biodiversity and ecosystems through programs including Working on Country and the development of Indigenous Management Agreements, as well as carbon abatement through fire management, and carbon sequestration may all be opportunities available to Indigenous land ownland owners.

The Fire Abatement Project in Western Arnhem Land, where savannah burning is mitigating wild fires, has resulted in a tradable carbon offset.