Norton Rose Fulbright
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Projects from the showcase
Wongamere Regeneration Project
CSP: Tasman Environmental Markets
Location: Queensland
TEM’s Wongamere Regeneration Project is TEM’s biodiverse carbon farming project, located in the Mulga Lands Bioregion of south-west Queensland.
Yimba Biodiversity Project
CSP: Carbon Neutral
Location: Queensland
The Yimba Biodiversity Project stands as a recent addition to Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd's portfolio within the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor. Once teeming with expansive York and Salmon gum woodlands, this corridor in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia has seen over 90% of its vegetation cleared since the early 1900s for agricultural purposes.
Biogas Project in Serbia
Location: Serbia
Abatement volume: 28,783
CO2e Estimated Annual Emission Reductions
The project captures methane – one of the most potent greenhouse gasses - from organic waste and the produced renewable energy is utilized as heat and electricity via a cogeneration system improving the air quality of the region and supplying affordable clean energy to the citizens.
Wongamere Regeneration Project
CSP: Tasman Environmental Markets
Location: Queensland
TEM’s Wongamere Regeneration Project is TEM’s biodiverse carbon farming project, located in the Mulga Lands Bioregion of south-west Queensland.
Yimba Biodiversity Project
CSP: Carbon Neutral
Location: Queensland
The Yimba Biodiversity Project stands as a recent addition to Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd's portfolio within the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor. Once teeming with expansive York and Salmon gum woodlands, this corridor in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia has seen over 90% of its vegetation cleared since the early 1900s for agricultural purposes.
Biogas Project in Serbia
Location: Serbia
Abatement volume: 28,783
CO2e Estimated Annual Emission Reductions
The project captures methane – one of the most potent greenhouse gasses - from organic waste and the produced renewable energy is utilized as heat and electricity via a cogeneration system improving the air quality of the region and supplying affordable clean energy to the citizens.