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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Miriam Webber

New research finds 'over-credited' carbon offset projects are 'failing'

Forest regeneration projects used to offset carbon emissions are having "negative or negligible" effects in Australia, new research from the Australian National University has found.

The projects can be assigned carbon credits under the federal government's offset scheme, now known as the Safeguard Mechanism.

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