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<span class="h2">Our role is to find ways for New Zealand to meet its international greenhouse gas emission obligations without reducing agricltural output.</span><br />
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The New Zealand Fund for Global Partnerships in Livestock Emissions Research
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Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the New Zealand Fund for Global Partnerships in Livestock Emissions Research (the Fund) are now being called. The Fund is aimed at accelerating global research into mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from pastoral livestock farming.
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The Fund is open to international scientists, and it is hoped that multi-stakeholder/country consortia bids will be put forward. Projects can be led by New Zealand or international participants, but must include a New Zealand partner. Co-funding from international participants is also required.
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Round 1 of the Fund totals NZ$16 million, and supports projects up to four years in duration. The cost of individual projects is expected to be in the range of NZ$1-4 million over the four years.
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The Fund will seek proposals in response to a set of high-level research challenges that have been identified by an international strategic science panel, chaired by the Prime Minister&#39;s Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. These challenges are in the areas of:
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	<li>Manipulating rumen function</li>
	<li>Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from soils in predominantly grazing livestock systems</li>
	<li>Manipulating the rates of soil carbon change in predominantly grazing livestock systems</li>
	<li>Improved tools for farmer decision making in predominantly grazing livestock systems</li>
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There is a two-stage application process beginning with a short expression of interest (EOI) which closes 7 November 2011. Successful EOI applicants are then invited to submit full proposals. Projects from Round 1 that gain approval are expected to commence in July 2012.
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Please visit <a href="http://www.maf.govt.nz/nzlivestockemissionsfund" target="_blank" title="http://www.maf.govt.nz/nzlivestockemissionsfund ... - link will open in a new window">www.maf.govt.nz/nzlivestockemissionsfund</a> to obtain further information on the fund. Alternatively, applicants that wish to can proceed via the Government Electronic Services Tender (GETS) process and obtain the information and documents from <a href="http://www.gets.govt.nz" target="_blank" title="http://www.gets.govt.nz ... - link will open in a new window">www.gets.govt.nz.</a><br />
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			<span class="h5">Work Stream 1: Methane</span><br />
			Lead scientists Peter Janssen and Graeme Attwood are overseeing multiple cutting-edge research programmes at the NZAGRC that will mitigate emissions of enteric methane. 
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			<span class="h5">Work Stream 2: Nitrous Oxide</span><br />
			Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent GHG with a long-term global warming potential 310 times that of CO2. In New Zealand, approximately 20% of total GHG&#39;s are N2O.
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			<span class="h5">Work Stream 3: Soil Carbon</span><br />
			Soils sequester and store atmospheric carbon via the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
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			<span class="h5">Work Stream 4: Integrated Systems</span><br />
			The NZAGRC&#39;s integrated farm systems research programme is focused on developing the tools to design novel, practical, credible and cost-effective low GHG-emitting farm systems for New Zealand farms
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