The authors of this report argue that Australian banks need to move quickly to understand their exposure to deforestation and other activities that result in harmful nature impacts, implement lending policies that require the avoidance of harm to nature, and incentivise their customers to adopt practices that will restore the health of the ecosystems all...

In December 2021, the Queensland Government’s Statewide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) released the most recent detections of forest and woodland destruction for 2018-19 using a new and more accurate methodology. This report analyses the 2018-19 SLATS data to quantify destruction of forested habitats for threatened species and threatened ecological communities.

The Avoided Deforestation Method is responsible for more than 20 per cent of total Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that have been issued under the Australian government’s Emissions Reduction Fund. This paper demonstrates that the avoided deforestation method fails to meet at least three of the six offsets integrity standards and is likely to be...