The carbon market is undergoing a vital transformation.
Across the Asia-Pacific region, from Australia’s ACCU scheme to broader global scrutiny, companies and investors are moving beyond carbon accounting towards real environmental impact. In this pivotal moment, it’s time to raise the bar—and place nature restoration at the heart of carbon solutions.
As many businesses pursue "real zero" emissions targets, the limits of transactional offsetting have become clear. Carbon credits must be more than a box-ticking exercise. High-integrity, nature-based projects offer a better path—delivering genuine climate action alongside biodiversity recovery, ecosystem restoration, and community resilience.
Healthy landscapes underpin food, water, and economic security. Investing in their recovery is not only the right thing to do—it’s smart risk management and long-term value creation. Despite criticism of certain project types, like Human-Induced Regeneration, we must not lose sight of the high-quality nature-based solutions already delivering proven impact.
Technology plays a key role in ensuring transparency and trust. Land Life’s 'FastTrack'—an innovative modelling and monitoring tool independently validated in peer-reviewed research—provides continual insight into restoration progress, setting a new standard for accountability and ecological impact.
Australia now has a unique opportunity to lead. The Chubb Review and the emerging Nature Repair Market can position the country as a pioneer in nature-positive finance, if implemented with integrity and science at the core.
The future of carbon markets isn’t about abandoning them—it’s about demanding better. It’s time to champion the projects that restore nature, support communities, and deliver meaningful, lasting benefits for the climate and economy.
👉 Read the full article by Land Life's APAC Regional Director Tim Ferarro in Environmental FinanceOpens in a new tab. to explore why nature can't wait - and how high-integrity restoration can lead the way.
About Land Life’s high-integrity restoration projects in Australia
Land Life is the largest provider of internationally certified (VCS) carbon removal projects in Australia, and our main restoration partner Cassinia Environmental is the largest environmental covenantor in Victoria.
Since 2019, we’ve partnered with Australian landowners and global customers to restore and permanently protect 4,400+ hectares, repairing habitats and boosting biodiversity while supporting our customers’ net zero and science-based decarbonization goals
Excitingly, across our 2025 and 2026 planting seasons, Land Life will plant a total of 4,100 hectares - almost double the total restored over the previous six years.
Learn more about Land Life’s restoration projects in Australia and how we're delivering impactful outcomes beyond carbon.
