Introducing DJAARA and wood4good's project to develop an investment model
In our latest round of grants, distributed in July 2025, we awarded $23,750 to Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA) and wood4good for the development of an investment model and collateral to increase the opportunity for third party investments into land buy back, through their cultural forestry and carbon credits initiative.
Funding from the Trust will enable DJAARA to further develop a finance proposal to calculate what rate of blended finance and concessional capital is needed for the purchase of land for cultural forestry and carbon credits initiatives.
Through the purchase of land, DJAARA, with the assistance of wood4good, aims to establish regenerative forests that have commercial timber and generate carbon (and/or biodiversity) credits. Land purchase would have multiple benefits, including providing an opportunity for DJAARA to hold, access and heal Country under freehold title. The land could also provide resources for cultural use and sale (e.g. timber for artifacts, tools and weapons, seed, bushtucker) and would enable further economic development and diversification for DJAARA.
Visit DJAARA’s website or wood4good’s website to learn more.
