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Emission Trading Scheme

Guidance including fact sheets, forms and policies relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme:

Harvesting

Increasing the use of wood in the marketplace

Indigenous forestry

Information

Measuring trees and logs

Plans and permits

Production and trade data sets

Swamp kauri

Find indigenous forestry forms and templates

Industry organisations

One Billion Trees

Information

Planting and management plans

Pests and diseases

Sustainable forestry bulletin

The Sustainable forestry bulletin keeps people with an interest in forestry informed. Topics include forestry in the ETS and carbon forestry.

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Previous newsletters

  • 17 December 2021
    Pre-1990 deforestation emissions returns; voluntary emissions returns for post-1989 participants.
  • 13 December 2021
    Preliminary assessments for applications to register post-1989 forest land to cease.
  • 7 December 2021
    Infringement offences; information to support forestry ETS applicants; and new exemption from deforestation liabilities.
  • 28 October 2021
    Participant details for emissions and removals to be published.
  • 12 October 2021
    Average ages and basic rules for averaging accounting now available.
  • 4 October 2021
    Policy on penalties now available; changes to participant succession for transmissions of interest in post-1989 forest land; ETS intentions survey findings; publication of report on transitioning exotic plantations to native forest.
  • 26 July 2021
    Registering post-1989 forest land in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
  • 9 July 2021
    NZ ETS low-level infringement offences.
  • 26 May 2021
    Minor updates to FMA regulations and advisory on processing of amendments of incorrect emissions returns.
  • 24 March 2021
    ETS Forestry Regulations consultation update.
  • 17 March 2021
    Changes to transmissions of interest for Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) participants; new guidance available on supplying information to support your post-1989 registration application; cheques removed as payment option for all ETS applications.
  • 1 March 2021
    Have your say on the NZ ETS Forestry Regulations.
  • 12 January 2021
    New process and penalties for the Emissions Trading Scheme.
  • December 2020
    Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme coming into effect on 1 January 2021.
  • June 2020
    Emissions Trading Reform Bill receives Royal Assent.
  • April 2020
    Electronic signatures can be used to submit paper-based forms.
  • March 2020
    Climate change operations update COVID-19.
  • February 2020
    Emissions returns for pre-1990 forest land deforested in 2019 are due by 31 March 2020.
  • December 2019
    Proposed ETS forestry regulations submission period extended to make it easier for you to have your say.

Careers in forestry

The Forestry Careers website has information to help you get started in the industry.

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