LANDOWNERS and carbon companies wanting to grow trees for the carbon market now have a free tool to help guide them on where best to plant.
Natural Resource Management group Wheatbelt NRM has developed software specific to the region.
One of the aims of the Carbon Planning Tool is to prevent mass plantings of a single species on prime agricultural land.
Wheatbelt NRM's Dr Dimity Boggs said the carbon market had the potential to open up a new funding source for landowners, but it was important it also added value to farming systems and the environment.
She said the software took into account existing remnant vegetation, waterways, productive agricultural land and towns.
"Individuals or companies considering trading trees as carbon offsets simply type in their address and indicate where they are considering planting trees," Dr Boggs said.
For more information go to www.nrmstrategy.com.au/carbon-planning-tool
