The MAF consultation process

Consultation is an important part of MAF's work. Your experience and knowledge is vital to our work.

We provide advice to the Government about potential new policies and laws, and about implementing government decisions. The people who will be affected by new policies and law have a right to comment on them. You can have your say by participating in our consultations.

Agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme

The agriculture sector will enter the Emissions Trading Scheme with voluntary reporting of emissions from January 2011, and will be fully included from 2015.

The flowchart helps explain who is a participant in the Emissions Trading Scheme for agriculture

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is consulting on regulations and thresholds for exemptions, and ways of calculating agriculture emissions for agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme. Submissions on the regulations are sought from interested parties.

Submissions are now closed.

For more information please visit Agriculture in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme page or phone 0800 CLIMATE (254 628)

You can find information on current and historical consultation documents/discussion papers on the following links:

Contact for Enquiries

MAF Information Services
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

Fax: +64 4 894 0721
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