• Understand the value of nature on your property.
• Learn about natural capital and environmental market opportunities and how to integrate them into your farm business.
• Explore the benefits and risks of engaging in environmental markets.
• Get support to start your natural capital journey.

What is natural capital?

The value of the natural assets on your land and the services they provide, are known as your natural capital. This means everything from plants, animals and other living things to air and soil. Understand more about natural capital.

Why does natural capital matter?

As a landholder you can benefit from enhancing your farm’s natural capital and potentially realise a return for your actions through market opportunities.

Investing in natural capital benefits farm businesses. These benefits include improved productivity, protection of market access and reduced input costs.

For communities, good management of natural capital increases biodiversity, reduces pollution and improves air and water quality. These contribute to healthier land and more resilience to climate change.

Environmental markets, like carbon markets, put a financial value on activities that improve your property’s natural capital. As Australia’s environmental markets grow there may be more financial rewards in the future.

Find out more about environmental markets.

Natural capital services and support

Local Land Services offers a range of natural capital services and support to assist farmers and land managers understand choices and make decisions about their natural capital. These services:

• help grow knowledge and skills in natural capital and environmental markets
• support sustainable management practices to enable access to markets
• encourage investment in natural capital across farms and landscapes
• offer independent information and tailored advice.
• integrate new opportunities into your existing farming systems.