Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable

Session: What support is needed to progress implementation of ecosystem services?

Facilitator: AFI Chair, Andrew Spencer

Guest speaker: Prof. Richard Eckard, Director of Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre

Presentation summary:

Prof. Eckard noted that funding and pricing ecosystem services is not a new discussion, and the supply chain needs good indicators of sustainability. He also noted that of the 100 largest global economies, 31 are countries and 69 are companies – perhaps market forces are now more influential than government policy. In addition, the R&D required to deliver ecosystem services – e.g. carbon neutral; agriculture – are hamstrung by 1-3 year funding / contract cycles.

Read Prof. Eckard’s Farm Policy Journal article “Are grazing systems inherently carbon neutral?”

http://farminstitute.org.au/publications/journal/farm-policy-journal-spring-2019

Click or copy/paste link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts

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