ICIN is partnering with the Australian Government to deliver policy and educational/communications streams within the First Nations Carbon Farming Outreach Program.
This project will run from May 2025 through to June 2028. For this substantial piece of work, ICIN is receiving $2.3 million over three years.
This project contains two components:
- First Nations consultation in relation to the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme (ACCU Scheme), and
- Developing and delivering tailored First Nations training and resources.
1) This policy work stream supports ICIN members people to be informed about and provide their views on government emission reduction methods, policies and programs, particularly in relation to the ACCU Scheme.
There are currently 43 Indigenous-owned carbon projects, and while these projects are a great success story (particularly within the Savanna Fire Management carbon methodology), this work stream supports greater Indigenous participation in the ACCU Scheme and across other methods and new methods in development.
Beyond method development, this work also supports First Nations consultation on legislative changes, such as the Government’s commitment to amend the CFI Act (Australia's legislation underpinning the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme), to remove the ability to conditionally register projects on native title land.
Information regarding this policy work is shared within the ICIN Policy Working Group, including upcoming workshops (online and in-person) and submissions, policies and legislation open for consultation. ICIN Full and Associate Members are automatically invited to be a part of the ICIN Policy Working Group. For more information please email [email protected], and view our membership application process, which outlines who is eligible to apply to be an ICIN member.
Deliverables under this contact, over three years:
- 25 online workshops
- Seven in-person workshops
- 13 policy submissions
2) This education and communications stream is developing educational training resources based on the chapters of the Indigenous Carbon Projects Guide. These resources are designed for trainers to deliver to Indigenous audiences, with content packaged to be in Plain English, and supported with group activities and quizzes. Educational modules include:
- Healthy Country
- Climate Change
- Carbon Markets
- ACCU Scheme
- Carbon Methods
- Running a Carbon Projects
- Indigenous Rights and Interests
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent
- Carbon Projects - Feasibility
- Carbon Projects - Governance
- Indigenous Carbon Industry
- Keeping your Story Strong
- Industry Terminology
If you would like ICIN to run an in-person or online training session for your community, or if you would like access to these modules to run your own training workshop, please email [email protected]. This communications work stream also includes the development of a First Nations Consent Toolkit and case study videos (five) of Indigenous-run carbon projects. This education and communications work stream is discussed within the ICIN Communications Working Group, which includes communications experts within ICIN member organisations, please reach out to [email protected] for more information.
Example education slide from the module Carbon Methods:
Deliverables under this contact, over three years:
- Annually updating the Indigenous Carbon Projects Guide
- Developing the First Nations Consent Toolkit
- Carbon Farming case study videos - five
- Developing educational modules - 23
- Online training sessions, using the modules - 15
- In-person training sessions, using the modules - 14
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