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Maximising Forest Carbon Programme: Modelling Options for Indigenous ETS yield tables.
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| RFx ID : | 28432787 |
| Tender Name : | Maximising Forest Carbon Programme: Modelling Options for Indigenous ETS yield tables. |
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C0036283
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| Open Date : | Thursday, 9 November 2023 4:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Close Date : | Wednesday, 6 December 2023 11:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Department/Business Unit : | Te Uru Rakau - Forestry NZ |
| Tender Type : | Request for Proposals (RFP) |
| Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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| Exemption Reason : | None |
| Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
| Contact : |
Katrina Ross katrina.ross@mpi.govt.nz |
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The Maximising Forest Carbon joint agency programme has the key research aim to improve our understanding and measurement of native forests carbon stocks for implementation via the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The current ETS default yield tables for the indigenous forest type (i.e., all native forests) is based on relatively short-lived, fast growing mānuka/kānuka, with a single default table utilised across the country. There is an urgent need to deliver a more accurate and detailed set of forest types and their underlying yield tables across a wider range of native forest ecotypes and regions.
The most effective design for new indigenous forest types is not yet clear. To enable different forest type designs to be considered, data representative of a range of ecotypes, succession stages, and environmental factors will need to be collected to enable different configurations of yield tables to be developed.
This work is standalone and completing this work will not guarantee that the supplier will be automatically awarded the future phases.
We need to understand the different designs possible for indigenous forest types and yield tables that could be made with currently or readily available data, and/or with additional data collection. An understanding of how the available data will influence (or constrain) the options we have for development of yield tables and definition of forest types is valuable. It also seeks to understand whether models could be effectively developed in lieu of new data being collected in the short term to enable different designs to be compared.
We would like recommendations for the designs of forest ecotypes that would provide a robust representation of New Zealand’s native forests while limiting complexity and duplication (i.e., the forest types and their accompanying yield tables are meaningfully different from each other). For the recommended indigenous forest yield tables, we would like to get an indication of modelled carbon sequestration differences between each table.
This tender has been awarded.
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research - 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln, 7640, NEW ZEALAND
Award Date: Tuesday, 30 January 2024 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2024 11:57 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
