Biodiversity and Environmental Co-benefits

A forest planted for carbon also shelters wildlife, filters runoff and holds erosion-prone slopes together. Native forest does far more of this than pine, but even an exotic block can be improved with native strips along waterways, an understorey and pest control.

The guide covers the benefits for biodiversity, water quality, erosion and climate resilience, the cultural values of native forest, the early markets that pay for these outcomes, and the surveys and monitoring needed to claim them.