A Clash Between Pragmatism and Purity is Coming to a Head The proposed Great Koala National Park in New South Wales has ignited a fierce debate within the environmental movement about carbon credits and their role in national park creation.
At its core, this issue revolves around whether state governments can earn carbon credits for protecting public forests and what kind of environmental protection Australia values.
A deal between the NSW government and the federal government would allow the state to create Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by protecting public forests through the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.