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ETS Forestry Package Consultation: Operational Improvements to Forests in the ETS Public Information Sessions 31 August to 14 September 2018 Approach to analysis Participant feedback from the previous consultation Daily interaction

  1. ETS Forestry Package Consultation: Operational Improvements to Forests in the ETS Public Information Sessions 31 August to 14 September 2018

  2. Approach to analysis  Participant feedback from the previous consultation  Daily interaction with ETS participants: what works and what doesn’t  The Mandatory Emissions Returns in the first six months of 2018 1

  3. Overview of the changes  Three groups of changes o Significant o Linked to averaging o Minor and technical 2

  4. Overview of the changes  Focus today on: o More certainty on land classification o Pre-1990 forest offsetting o Redefining the Mandatory Emissions Reporting Period (MERP)  Opportunity to discuss the other 23 proposals and any other points later  Remember to submit on these issues to etsconsultation@mfe.govt.nz 3

  5. More certainty on land classification  Current approach creates uncertainty for all forest owners and is a constant issue for land owners  Proposal is to enable the Crown to publish a map of how the ETS classifies the land, and this is the first reference for registration  Emissions rulings can then be used to clarify areas where land owners disagree with the map.  Map would be updated periodically: if the map changes registered land would not be reassessed 4

  6. Pre-1990 forest offsetting  Introduced to allow flexibility to pre-1990 forest owners, so they can ‘move’ a forest without deforestation liabilities  Current implementation is inflexible and creates high risk for land owners  Proposed fixes: o Consistent time frames for all applications o Ability to redefine areas in the application o Carry over of ‘unused’ offset forest to a future application 5

  7. Redefining the Mandatory Emissions Reporting Period (MERP)  We need to align the MERP to the international reporting timeline  This will assist with: o NZ’s compliance with our international targets o The ETS unit supply work MfE discussed this morning  Linked to averaging as the transition of any forest may be easier at the MERP end when we collect the information on the forest 6

  8. Contacts  Portal for submissions, due 5pm 21 September http://www.mfe.govt.nz/consultation/ets  Improvement to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/climate-change/improvement-new-zealand-emissions-trading-scheme  A better Emissions Trading Scheme for forestry http://mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/consultations/a-better-ets-for-forestry/  Contact for forests in the ETS climatechange@mpi.govt.nz

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