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Sustainable Land Management and
Climate Change
Detail on Pillars 1, 3 and 4
Plan of Action
• Government wants a single Plan of Action covering climate change
and the land management sectors (agriculture, horticulture and
forestry
• Climate change measures are a key component of sustainable land
management – many actions will be mutually supportive
• It is proposed that the Plan of Action will comprise 4 ‘Pillars’
– Pillar 1: Adapting to Climate Change
– Pillar 2: Reducing Emissions and Enhancing Sinks
– Pillar 3: Capitalising on Business Opportunities
– Pillar 4: Working Together
Climate change in New Zealand
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Increasing frequency of severe climatic events – droughts, floods, storms, wind
Wetter in west, drier in east
Sea-level rise
Increased risk of forest fires
Changing growing seasons and regions
Biosecurity risks
Market issues
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In New Zealand:
– Drought costs in 1997/98 estimated at $1 billion
– Lower North Island floods in 2004 estimated at over $300 million
Pillar 1: Adapting to climate change
• How can Government and the sector work together to help
land managers adapt to changes in the climate?
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research;
information dissemination and technology transfer
improved planning;
infrastructure (e.g. flood works, water storage, irrigation);
forest establishment and catchment management.
• What processes do we need to put in place to enable
government and the sector to work together on adaptation?
Pillar 3: Business opportunities
• Many opportunities including:
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technologies to reduce methane and nitrous oxide;
low energy systems and products (biomaterials);
renewable energy; carbon farming; advisory services;
marketing initiatives; international opportunities e.g. Clean Development Mechanism.
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identifying specific initiatives (e.g. PFSI);
improving commercialisation of research;
creating markets; resourcing research and development;
raising public awareness; considering role of regulation and procurement policies
• How can we work together to capitalise on business
opportunities?
Pillar 4: Working together
• Climate Change isn’t going away
• We need to find ways to work together in the future
– Build on the work of other initiatives
– Post 2012
– Strategic advice on climate change
• Government wants enduring and constructive
relationships
• What process do you think we should put in place?