The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Research Programme was formed in 2007 after the announcement of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme to help the agriculture and forestry sectors understand and reolve the challenges arising from climate change.
The SLMACC Research Programme is a policy needs driven fund, investing in targeted basic, applied and policy research, including the impacts of climate change and adaptation to climate change, mitigation of agricultural and forestry GHG emissions, crosscutting issues, including economic analysis, life-cycle analysis, farm, catchment and systems analysis and social impacts, and policy research to address targeted policy questions.
Apart from addressing direct policy-relevant questions, this fund is often used to test the feasibility of new areas of mitigation research that show potential. Promising results are then funded and progressed by other means, such as through the NZAGRC/PGgRc or Global Research Alliance.
Quick Facts



Organisation/Programme

SLMACC



Funder
MPI


How funds are distributed

Competitive



Funding scope


methane
nitrous oxide
soil carbon
cross cutting
models
social science




How funding decisions are made
 
External advisory panel recommends to MPI DG



How priorities are set

Annually by officials advised by experts and MPI staff




Funding 2000-2020 ($m approx.)


Varying. Currently $2.5m per year



Key linkages between funding streams


NZAGRC and PGgRc input
GHG projects need to align with PGgRc and NZAGRC strategies





 
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