Ground Truths: Understanding farmers' views on carbon farming and environmental markets

Created 19/12/2025

Updated 19/12/2025

This research draws on a survey and in-depth interviews with farmers to document their understanding of and engagement with carbon farming and environmental markets. The NSW Government's Net Zero Plan recognises that agriculture is both an emission source and a climate solution. By scaling up carbon-storage practices – like well-managed grazing and pasture management and revegetation projects on sections of their land, farmers can contribute to climate action while building resilience, future-proofing their operations and exploring potential new income streams.

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Title Ground Truths: Understanding farmers' views on carbon farming and environmental markets
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b562b060-1d21-438b-8fc6-af9d6a3cb7d3
Remote Last Updated 27/11/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 30/06/2025 - 30/06/2030
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Ground Truths: Understanding farmers' views on carbon farming and environmental markets". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-ground-truths-carbon-farming-practices-and-attitudes-to-carbon-and-environmental-markets