Tuesday, 28th June, Palmerston North – AgHort Lecture Block, Riddet Road, Turitea Campus, Massey University
A one-day Forum aimed at clarifying some issues regarding ‘carbon’, carbon cycling, stocks and flows, and carbon equivalence (for example in greenhouse gas, soil organic matter or trees) that have led to confusion and lack of buy-in by the public and primary industries to the intentions of an emission trading scheme (ETS).
The goal of the carbon day will be to build on the basis of better public understanding of the carbon cycle (and carbon equivalence) to identify how New Zealand can advocate a strategy to manage ‘carbon’, to assist in sectors’ decision-making around the effective management of carbon and all its implications to encourage NZ industry and public to ensure that resources are used more efficiently.
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Time |
Event |
Chair |
Speaker |
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09.30 |
Registration & coffee |
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10.00 |
Welcome |
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Stephen Goldson, VP RSNZ |
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10.10 |
Global risk management |
Andy Reisinger NZAGRC |
Martin Manning, Victoria University |
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11.00 |
NZ’s equivalent of hot air |
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Phil Scadden, GNS |
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11.50 |
Discussion |
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12.15 |
Lunch |
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13.00 |
The sense |
Alec Mackay AgResearch |
James Palmer, MAF |
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13.30 |
Carbon in Agriculture |
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Tony Parsons, Massey University |
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14.20 |
Carbon in Forestry |
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Denis Hocking |
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14.40 |
Carbon in credits |
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Ben Coleman, Westpac |
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15.00 |
Afternoon Tea |
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15.20 |
Green Paper |
Brent Clothier NZSSS |
(Scribe, Rowarth) |
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16.30 |
Refreshments |
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A Primary Resources Forum supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological and Life Sciences Advisory Panel, The New Zealand Agricultural Green House Gas Centre, and Massey Agriculture.
For further information, please contact: Jacqueline Rowarth
For Registration, please contact: Sandra Dunkinson
