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Two types of projects that dominate the Emissions Reduction Fund might not be capable of delivering all the carbon abatement they anticipated, based on new satellite imagery.

One company has put forward almost a quarter of the new ERF projects registered since the last auction, while another has registered five new soil carbon projects.

Banks, governments and farmers can turn Australia's land-based carbon offsets into an industry worth billions of dollars that creates thousands of jobs, according to a new industry roadmap.

A new report for the Queensland government estimates carbon projects on the land could deliver offsets worth $8 billion over the years to 2030.

ERF soil projects are yet to create a single carbon credit, but there is plenty of work afoot and their strategic importance can't be ignored, according to Matthew Warnken of Corporate Carbon.

The Clean Energy Regulator has contracted to buy almost 17 million tonnes of abatement from ERF soil carbon projects but not one of them has yet created a credit, and now the government plans to rewrite the rules.

• Views sought on NGER changes
  
• Inpex carbon offsets project launched
  
• Mercury limits for lamps to be tightened

A bill to strip Native Title holders of consent rights for some carbon offset projects has raised the ire of Labor, the Greens and Indigenous groups.

• ARENA to assess up to 2,500MW of Tassie pumped hydro
  
• Climate Council warns against gas investment
  
• New study examines carbon farming in the Pilbara

Plans are afoot to slash the time it takes companies to negotiate carbon credit contracts with Traditional Owners, and to help them meet reconciliation and sustainability commitments.