$10 million to help Northern Australian Indigenous communities explore potential of future carbon markets
Source: Australia. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, and Minister for Climate Change and Water. Joint media release
"The Rudd Government will invest up to $10 million to support participation by Indigenous communities in potential carbon markets.
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, and Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong, said the initiative was part of the Government's comprehensive strategy to tackle climate change and would complement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
"This initiative will look at carbon market opportunities arising from traditional fire management in northern Australia," Minister Garrett said."