Section D: Consultation and Submissions
Having Your Say
There are two ways you can give the Government feedback on the policy options discussed in the Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change: Options for a Plan of Action consultation.
1. By participating in consultation meetings and hui around the country in February and March 2007.
2. By written feedback, by downloading the Word version of the submissions form.
What do we want to know?
This discussion document can be read or downloaded from the MAF consultation website, www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange . More hard copies can be obtained by contacting climatechange@maf.govt.nz or calling us on 0800 climate (254 628). As noted at the beginning of this document, the Government is seeking from submitters:
Creative thinking towards future solutions for climate change, especially around the ideas and options discussed in Pillar 1: Adapting to climate change and Pillar 3: Capitalising on new business opportunities.
Specific feedback on which of the detailed policy options you prefer identified under Pillar 2: Reducing emissions and creating carbon sinks.
Indications of your commitment to, interest in and creative ideas for the issues and questions discussed under Pillar 4: Working together.
We would like to know not only which of the options presented throughout this document you prefer, but also how they might work together in a balanced package of sustainable land management initiatives as part of the proposed Plan of Action to be considered by Cabinet.
Some of the options presented are ‘either/or’ choices. Others are proposals that could be introduced together with one or more of the other proposals. Which type of option is being presented has been signalled clearly in the text.
A summary table identifying all the options being proposed for discussion and feedback is discussed under each pillar.
The Government recognises that aspects of climate change can be difficult and controversial. We want to put in place a way of working that welcomes different views and accepts that people have a right to disagree with proposals that may be made. We are looking for a durable and constructive relationship between the different groups and interests involved.
All submissions made as part of this consultation process will be considered closely before decisions on future policy are made.
Further information
Meetings
Public meetings and hui on the sustainable land management and climate change consultation will be held in February and March 2007.
Details of dates and venues are now available online.
Alternatively, please call: 0800 climate (254 628)
or email: climatechange@maf.govt.nz
Want to know more about climate change?
MAF climate change officials can be contacted at climatechange@maf.govt.nz
For more information on climate change in the international context see http://www.ipcc.ch
This consultation is one of a series of government consultations on climate change taking place between December 2006 and March 2007. For links to other climate change policy proposals and announcements, see www.climatechange.govt.nz
Tell us what you think
Submissions on the land management and climate change consultation can be made on the submissions pages that follow.
If you have chosen to fill out the submissions pages in this publication, post them to:
Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Consultation
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
Please note that the closing date for submissions is: 30 March 2007.
Officials will prepare a public summary of submissions received on this discussion paper. The public summary will not attribute comments to individual submitters. Please note that your comments will be subject to the Official Information Act 1982 and may need to be publicly released. If you object to the release of any material provided in your submission, please specify the material that you consider should be withheld, and the grounds for withholding. Please note that even if you do identify specific material that you consider should be withheld, we cannot guarantee that we will withhold this material. All requests under the Official Information Act need to be assessed in terms of the Act and while we will take into account your views, we are not bound by them.
Contact for Enquiries
Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change
MAF
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: 0800 CLIMATE (254 628)
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