Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable

Session: Opportunities to build natural capital

Facilitator: AFI General Manager, Katie McRobert

Guest speaker: Dr. Francisco Ascui, Soil CRC and Adjunct Professor at University of Tasmania

Presentation summary:

Dr Ascui is an internationally recognised expert in environmental accounting and finance who has pioneered a new approach to evaluating natural capital credit risk in agricultural lending, and he is currently contributing to the work of the Soil CRC in this area. His AFI Roundtable presentation focused on the benefits of natural capital credit risk assessment for lenders, primary producers and the environment.

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farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers

Download the Spring 2019 Farm Policy Journal edition on “Managing agriculture’s ecosystem services”: http://farminstitute.org.au/publications/journal/farm-policy-journal-spring-2019

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