Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Plan of Action
Plan of Action Overview
In December 2006 the Government released Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change: Options for a Plan of Action.1 This discussion document set out the Government’s wish to develop and implement sustainable land management and climate change policies for the agriculture and forestry sectors through a single Plan of Action.
The document contained options for adapting to climate change, reducing agricultural greenhouse gases, encouraging the establishment of forest sinks, managing deforestation and capitalising on new business opportunities arising from the world’s response to climate change.
It called for a Plan of Action that would:
- contain a set of goals to guide action on climate change;
- identify immediate actions that could be taken;
- show how the Government and different sectors could work together to create solutions for the long term.
The discussion document also outlined four key policy pillars where joint government-sector action might occur:
- Adapting to climate change.
- Reducing emissions and creating carbon sinks.
- Capitalising on business opportunities arising from climate change.
- The Government and land management sectors working together to respond to climate change.
In response to consultation and written submissions, especially from sector leaders, the ‘working together’ pillar has been incorporated across all aspects of the refined Plan of Action.
The other three pillars identified in the Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change discussion document remain in the refined Plan of Action.
Additional elements have been added:
- a Peak Group made up of sector, local government and Māori representatives to provide leadership and strategic direction on the development and implementation of the Plan of Action;
- working groups made up of technical experts and specialists drawn from the Plan of Action partners to provide practical advice on managing and coordinating work under the main pillars and supporting work programmes;
- three supporting work programmes covering research and innovation, technology transfer, and communications and information.
Figure I: Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Plan of Action
1 The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change document was one of five government discussion documents that looked at the wider sustainable management issues around energy and climate change facing New Zealand over the next five years and beyond. See www.climatechange.govt.nz.
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Tel: 0800 CLIMATE (254 628)
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