Exploring Environment Markets workshop

Exploring Environment Markets workshop / Terrain NRM

In November 2025, Terrain, The Nature Conservancy and the Wet Tropics Restoration Alliance hosted a workshop at JCU’s Cairns Institute that explored a range of environmental markets applicable in the Wet Tropics region These markets are still new and emerging, but the potential opportunities for landholders in this region are huge, particularly if multiple schemes can be stacked. 

The aim of environmental markets is to assign a financial value to natural assets, enabling landowners to earn income for protecting, restoring or managing ecosystems, thus addressing a range of environmental challenges. The hope is that environmental markets can help overcome some barriers to restoration, such as chronic funding shortages.

The workshop topics and accompanying resources are listed below.

Topic	Presenter & Organisation[ML2]	Links / Contact
Nature Repair Market & ACCU schemes	Samihah Fattah, Clean Energy Regulator (CER)	Nature Repair Market: naturerepairmarket@cer.gov.au ACCU Environmental Plantings: plantingsplantations@cer.gov.au CER contact centre: 1300 553 542
Planning a project using PLANR	Sara Castillo, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)	PLANR guidance quick reference guide
Pioneering environmental markets in the Cassowary Coast	Amber Kellett, Cassowary Coast Regional Council	Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Restore Blue – Blue Carbon opportunities	Grantley Smith, Restore Blue	Restore Blue
Cassowary Credits	Bronwyn Robertson, Terrain	Cassowary Credits
Ecomarkets – Nature Credits	Amy Basnett, Eco-Markets Australia	Eco-Markets
CarbonPlus & NaturePlus	Amanda Hansson, Accounting for Nature	Accounting for Nature