Dr. John Hewson, Business Council for Sustainable Development

Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: History and future of ecosystem services Facilitator: AFI Executive Director Richard Heath Guest speaker: Dr. John Hewson, Chair of Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia Presentation summary: Former Liberal leader John Hewson delivered a scathing rebuke of the Government's climate change policy at the Roundtable, saying "we don't have a sense of urgency to achieve these emission reduction targets". Dr Hewson argued that regenerative agriculture can offset future emissions and supported plans for a HECS-style scheme that would see farmers receive a baseline carbon reading to help remove barriers for those looking to explore carbon farming initiatives as the market developed. ABC News article: Download the Spring 2019 Farm Policy Journal edition on “Managing agriculture’s ecosystem services” Click or copy/paste link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers Podcast produced by

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