Dr Annette Cowie of the NSW Department of Primary Industries shares the secret formula for success used by forest offset promoters to get credititation and to convince governments that they were socially positive.

1. Annette Cowie NSW Department of Primary Industries Soil carbon trading: Lessons learned from forestry

5. Biosequestration - reforestation

6. Biosequestration – soil OM

7. Sequestration potential: Guesstimates *Relative to conventional practice 18Mt = 11% total NSW (2006) = 100% NSW agriculture emissions Potential increase* tCO2e/ha/year Range; Average NSW total MtCO2-e/year Cropping 0 - 2 0.7 2 Pasture management –Higher rainfall 0 -1.8 0.9 8 Rangeland management 0 - 1 0.4 8

8. Sequestration potential: reforestation Sequestration rate tCO 2 -e/ha/year 1.5 -2Mha reforestation required for 18Mt/yr sequestration Montagu et al Carbon Sequestration Predictor Across Australia: 657 mt CO2e from 2.25m ha, over 40 years cf annual emissions 560 mt CO2e Hatfield-Dodds et al, 2007 Annual rainfall mm 400-600 600-800 >800 4-10 6-12 10-25

34. NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme

39. Can’t wait for 2015 Mitigation needed now!