Carbon credits

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Indigenous Forestry Unit administers the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative.

QEII National Trust is not involved.

Details

The Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (PFSI) provides an opportunity for landowners to establish permanent forest sinks and obtain tradable Kyoto Protocol compliant emission units in proportion to the carbon sequestered in their forests.

To be eligible for this initiative, the land must not have been covered in forest as at 31 December 1989 and the forest must be "direct human induced .... through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed sources." This means some form of active management will be required in establishing the forest.

For 'A Guide to Eligible Land' from MAF...

For more information about PFSI from MAF ...

Landowner enquiries

All enquiries from landowners about PSFI should go to MAF:

Indigenous Forestry Unit
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 20280
Bishopdale
Christchurch 8543

Tel: 64 3 943 3700
Fax: 64 3 943 3701

Indigenous Forestry Unit
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 1340
Rotorua 3040
Tel: 64 7 921 3400
Fax: 64 7 921 3401

Email: ifu@maf.govt.nz

6 May 2008


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