This request and release is about question about carbon, forests and land.
Response date
12 August 2020
Type
Departmental
This request and release is about question about carbon, forests and land.
Response date
12 August 2020
Type
Departmental
Details of the request
The MAJORITY of our carbon credits is from forests that have been planted post 1989? If this is correct, there is a significant amount of forests and other green spaces, that positively contribute to greenhouse gases that are not included.
Have we ever calculated what New Zealand’s net balance is, re greenhouse emissions if ALL positive impacts from forests pre 1989 and other green areas are taken into consideration?
It seems that the emission trading scheme is focused on NEW forest areas post 1989, and takes no account or value of other green spaces and pre 1989 planted or naturally grown [original native forests and parks] forests.
It would be great to know if NZ
- Has a net positive impact on greenhouse gases
- What the financial benefit would be to New Zealand if the numbers were worked on this basis.