Source : New Zealand Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Consortium - Fonterra

Mark Aspin, New Zealand Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium Manager “We are charged with developing solutions to reduce methane and nitrous oxide from livestock without affecting productivity”

Graeme Atttwood New Zealand AgResearch Microbiologist “our research aims to identify a gnenetic hallmark for all methanogens that can …reduce methane emissions in livestock”

Neil Wedlock New Zealand AgResarch Senior Scientist “I’m part of research team developing a vaccine to mitigate methane emissions”

Adrian Walcroft, New Zealand Landcare Research Scientist “I’m in the process of developing methane bio-filters…for use on dairy farm effluent ponds”

The $17 billion pastoral sector is central to the NZ economy - it will be affected by climate change in the future

The technological challenges for Livestock GHG mitigation are still significant

PGgRc is New Zealand’s lead agency for progressing both the strategies and the science to reduce pastoral greenhouse gas emissions.

Research risks met through a broad programme with range of basic and more commercial approaches

The Consortium is well placed towards achieving several options for Methane and Nitrous Oxide. The objective is:

Decrease total agricultural emissions of greenhouse gases by 10% per unit of output in 2013 relative to 2004 (estimated to be a 4Mt reduction in the agricultural GHG emissions as identified in the National Inventory).

Internationally renowned programme of science “most comprehensive globally”

Sequenced first Rumen Methanogen genome

Largest body of information on livestock emissions

Strong partnerships and real progress made in developing knowledge that will deliver a solution

Real solutions for methane still 7-10 years away

Nitrous Oxide solutions more advanced but need proving nationally & across sectors