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Carbon markets risk entrenching Indigenous Australian inequalities, research paper argues

Published 07:05 on March 5, 2026 / Last updated at 23:34 on March 16, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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Australia’s carbon market should find a way to credit Indigenous landholders for maintaining intact ecosystems, as opposed to only rewarding those that have been degraded and are only now being restored, according to research published Thursday.
Australia’s carbon market should find a way to credit Indigenous landholders for maintaining intact ecosystems, as opposed to only rewarding those that have been degraded and are only now being restored, according to research published Thursday.


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