Emissions trading scheme statistics as at 6 May 2009
Post-1989 forest land voluntary participation
Participant registration applications:
- 174 applications to be registered as a participant have been received, covering 52,121 hectares of post-1989 forest land.
- Verification of eligibility has been completed on 95 applicants who have been registered as participants (PDF, 83.3 KB).
- 80 applications are still being verified with 56 of these waiting for the applicants to correct errors/omissions or provide additional information to enable land ownership or forest land eligibility to be verified.
Emissions returns:
- 45 emissions returns have been submitted claiming 692,583 NZUs.
- 687,000 NZUs have been transferred into participants’ holding accounts.
- The deadline for submitting an emissions return in 2009 has now passed. However, registered participants will be able to submit an emissions return during the first quarter of 2010 and claim any NZUs to which they were entitled back to 1 January 2008.
Pre-1990 forest land mandatory participation
Participant notifications:
- 3 mandatory participants have notified that they undertook deforestation during 2008/09 and have been registered (PDF, 83.3 KB).
- These participants are required to submit an emissions return during the first quarter of 2010 specifying the area deforested and quantifying the number of emissions units they are obliged to surrender. Those units must be surrendered by 30 April 2010.
Last updated: 6 May 2009
