Evaluation of the impact and direct effect of climate change on the productivity of New Zealand's planted forest systems.

The goal is to construct a 'state of the art' continuous flow fermentation system for use by rumen microbiologists/rumen nutritionists in order to speed up work on developing mitigation solutions for enteric methane emissions from ruminants.

The goal of this research is developing a theoretically robust but practically applicable methodology for valuing forests and forest land in New Zealand in the presence of carbon pricing.

Identification, quantification, modelling and economic assessment of options for the management of poultry, piggery and dairy waste to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions via anaerobic digestion and associated biogas utilisation for energy generation.

This report aims to develop a predictive lifetime feed intake model for sheep to enable sensitivity testing of different on-farm genetic and management technologies for methane mitigation.

This report provides new data on soil CH4 oxidation in reverting shrubland. It describes new research, using recently acquired knowledge of the mechanisms regulating soil CH4 oxidation, to develop a practical technology for capturing emissions from housed animals, effluent ponds, and landfills.

This report identifies novel mitigation strategies for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from ruminant urine patches and aims to identify the microbial nitrous oxide emission pathway affected by the mitigation strategy.

This report, commissioned by MAF, assesses a selected range of policy instruments for mitigation of greenhouse gases in agriculture. The report assesses these options against evaluation criteria and looks at short-term options and longer term strategy.

The purpose of this report is to draw out key lessons on how science and environmental knowledge have been used in the past to achieve desired environmental outcomes. Phase Three covers the final stage and is an account of observations made during the process of discussing the research findings with the key stakeholders. three topic areas of soil erosion, pest control and nitrogen management.

Traditionally, New Zealand pastoral farmers have adapted their farming systems in response to extreme climatic events. This project will research these responses to provide information on how farmers could (and should) adapt to the extreme climatic events that may result from climate change.

Traditionally, New Zealand pastoral farmers have adapted their farming systems in response to extreme climatic events. This project will research these responses to provide information on how farmers could (and should) adapt to the extreme climatic events that may result from climate change.

Traditionally, New Zealand pastoral farmers have adapted their farming systems in response to extreme climatic events. This project will research these responses to provide information on how farmers could (and should) adapt to the extreme climatic events that may result from climate change.

This report examines the psychological, social and other factors that determine farmers' different responses to environmental change. In particular, it is designed to explain why some farmers implement environmental strategies but others remain intransigent and resistant to change.

The goal of this research is to construct four sheep calorimeters as well as a prototype calorimeter for cattle to provide New Zealand with world class facilities for the rapid and highly accurate measurement of methane (CH4) emissions from forage fed ruminants.

This report provides an initial assessment of the current state of awareness of and anticipated response to the proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS) and associated afforestation policies among pastoral farmers in New Zealand.