Stop carbon farming now....

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i'm sure they had their reasons for excluding riparian planting, shelter belts etc  There has to be some limitations in the ETS otherwise you would probably end up with an exploited system that doesn't achieve the aims that it was designed to achieve.    Natives are ok as far as I can tell, as long as they meet the requirements... (post 1990 for natives by the looks of it)

There doesn't appear to be any logical reason to exclude them - they often take up hectares and hectares of land, and sequest a lot of carbon. However the Govt. appears intent on turning good food producing land into scorched earth with pinus radiata sitting on top of it.

It is simply another example of the Govt. not actually knowing what they are doing and refusing to accept that others know better - hence the one source of truth comment. They are horrendous.

Native NZ tree species aren't "excluded" as this confirms: https://www.carboncrop.nz/post/which-tre...on-credits The preference for Pinus Radiata will have to do with their faster rate of growth which will sequester more carbon quicker than most native species and the better marketability (and earlier harvest maturity) of pines. As usual the issue is explained by 'following the money', as it's about the quickest buck.