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06/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/17/2025 07:23

New Zealand: New Zealand Government Introduces Legislation to Restrict Farm-to-Forest Conversions

The Government of New Zealand has introduced new legislation to the House of Representatives to ban large scale farm-to-forestry conversions. The goal of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme-Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill is to restrict and regulate the wholesale conversion of high-to-medium versatility farmland from entering the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS). This proposal is a response to the previous Government's rapid decarbonization efforts by utilizing offsets through forestry. Through this effort, the Government aims to protect productive farmland and ensure that forestry expansion does not come at the expense of agricultural land use and rural livelihoods.
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