Afforestation Grant Scheme Guidelines
March 2008
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
The Afforestation Grants Scheme (AGS) is ia contestable fund designed to encourage more planting of trees in small forests and on farms. It was announced last year by the Government as part of its package of climate change initiatives and offers an alternative to the Emissions Trading Scheme (Forestry) as a way to encourage greater levels of greenhouse gas absorption by increasing the area of Kyoto-compliant new forest in New Zealand.
There are two funding components under the AGS. Half of the funding will be available to Regional Councils to help them meet their sustainable land management objectives. The other half is available to the general public via a public tender pool.
The majority of this public funding pool (70 percent) will be allocated to species that have high sequestration rates. These will be the usual exotic plantation species such as pinus radiata and Douglas fir.
The remaining 30 percent of these public funds will be reserved for species with low carbon sequestration rates. This is as a result of public interest in planting indigenous species, which have low carbon sequestration rates.
Applications for forest establishment grants under the Public Tender Pool of the Afforestation Grant Scheme are open until 31 October 2008. This tender round is for plantings in the 2009 period only.
Contents
- Introduction
- About the AGS guidelines
- Afforestation and Climate Change
- Objectives of the Scheme
- About the Afforestation Grant Scheme
- How will Funds be Allocated?
- Public Pool - Tendering for a Grant
- Regional Council Pool
- What are the Terms of a Grant?
- Payment of grants
- Other issues
- Further information
- Appendix 1: Indicative Mean Annual Increments (MAI) of Various Species
- Other Sustainable Forestry Legislation and Policies
- Forestry Programmes Decision Flowchart
PDF Downloads
- Afforestation Grant Scheme Guidelines [440KB PDF]
- Afforestation Grant Scheme Tender Form [30KB PDF]
- AGS Guidelines Appendix 3 Grant Agreement [35KB PDF]
- AGS Guidelines Appendix 4 Deed of Novation [15KB PDF]
Further information and downloadable copies of this publication are available at: www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange
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