The Afforestation Grants Scheme (AGS) is a government initiative to offset greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand. It is part of New Zealand's climate change policy, intended to meet obligations to the Kyoto Protocol and other international treaties.

The scheme provides a limited pool of funds for people to tender for, to encourage the establishment of new forests. These funds are contestable and as such are not guarenteed.

Half the pool is distributed to Regional Councils, the other half is available for public contest. The public fund will primarily be distributed for high carbon sequestration species although some will be made available for planting indigenous species.

Applications for AGS grants close on the 30th April and 31st October every year

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