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Australian Financial Review: Koala fund chews into demand for developer offsets

Posted on
16th August 2021
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By Shannon Turnbull

Australian Financial Review: Koala fund chews into demand for developer offsets

AFR article (By Shannon Turnbull, 16th August 2021)

A recent article in the AFR looks at the Koala Farmland Fund:  "Online alternative asset investment platform iPartners is pushing into the agricultural sector, launching a $20 million fund to acquire farmland for protected koala habitat to generate returns through its use as a biodiversity offset.

The Koala Farmland Fund will purchase farmland in south-east Queensland, where government regulations require developers responsible for habitat destruction to mitigate or replace vegetation."


Read the full article here:  https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/koala-fund-chews-into-demand-for-developer-offsets-20210813-p58ifc