Moving to a Natural Capital market-based approach, that rewards landholders for management practices that protect environmental assets, will ensure that everyone benefits from healthy landscapes.
Natural Capital is the world’s stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. Two of these, clean water and fertile soil, underpin our economy and society. They make human life possible.
A functioning marketplace will reduce the need for reliance on a regulatory framework for the management of vegetation.
We are eager to support the Queensland Government in ensuring the LRF is a cornerstone investment in building our Natural Capital and ultimately ecosystem health.