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Use the online ETS system
Some of the forestry ETS forms can be completed online using our ETS online system.
Log into the ETS online system
Download our user guide for the ETS online system [PDF, 955 KB]
Register or deregister forest land
Apply to be registered as a post-1989 forest participant [PDF, 460 KB]
Participant deregistration – post 1989 [PDF, 278 KB]
Notify pre-1990 participant deregistration [PDF, 310 KB]
Transfer ETS participation
Transfer of participation (transfer) [PDF, 392 KB]
Transfer of participation (expiry/termination) [PDF, 511 KB]
Opt-in participation form [PDF, 206 KB]
Transmission of interest – participant succession [PDF, 299 KB]
Add or remove land from your registered forest
Add a Carbon Accounting Area (CAA) [PDF, 463 KB]
Remove a Carbon Accounting Area (CAA) [PDF, 320 KB]
Remove land from a Carbon Accounting Area (CAA) [PDF, 292 KB]
Complete an emissions return
Surrender units after removing a carbon accounting area [PDF, 749 KB]
Emissions return (5 year mandatory) [PDF, 1.8 MB]
Emissions return (voluntary) [PDF, 383 KB]
Mandatory emissions return (transfer) [PDF, 590 KB]
Emissions return (unit surrender) [PDF, 500 KB]
Emissions return (pre-1990 deforestation) [PDF, 747 KB]
Mandatory emissions return (transmission) – participant succession [PDF, 447 KB]
Additional Carbon Accounting Areas (CAA) [PDF, 209 KB]
Field Measurement Approach (FMA)
Ask for more time to collect your forest measurement information [PDF, 261 KB]
Assign forest class – email climatechange@mpi.govt.nz to request a participant-specific form
Request a sample plot waiver (permanent) [PDF, 356 KB]
Request a sample plot waiver (temporary) [PDF, 303 KB]
Request to allocate permanent sample plot locations – email climatechange@mpi.govt.nz to request a participant-specific form
Deforest pre-1990 forest land
Apply for a tree weed exemption [PDF, 381 KB]
Notify pre-1990 deforestation [PDF, 418 KB]
Emissions return (pre-1990 deforestation) [PDF, 747 KB]
Apply for a deforestation exemption (less than 50 hectare) [PDF, 340 KB]
Offset pre-1990 forest deforestation
Pre-1990 forest land offsetting [PDF, 441 KB]
Other forms
Additional properties [PDF, 251 KB]
Appoint a representative [PDF, 292 KB]
Forestry emissions ruling application form [PDF, 408 KB]
Interested party consent [PDF, 300 KB]
Joint applicant contact details [PDF, 287 KB]
Person to receive notices [PDF, 225 KB]
