Conservation and Environment Science Roadmap

The roadmap will identify the areas of scientific knowledge needed by government over the next 20 years to support decision-making for conservation and environmental policy and management to achieve the most desirable future for New Zealand.

For more information about the Government's proposals for the roadmap read the Conservation and Environment Science Roadmap discussion paper.

Hui and meetings are also being held to provide information and enable further discussion.

Submissions close at 5.00pm on Wednesday 7 September 2016.

How to make a submission

• Use our online submission form below
• Download a Word submission form [DOCX, 125KB] or PDF submission form [PDF, 281KB] to complete and return to us 
• Write your own submission.

Email your submission to cesroadmap@mfe.govt.nz as a PDF or Microsoft Word document (2003 or later version). 

Post your submission to Conservation and Environment Science Roadmap, c/- Ministry for the Environment, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143.

Notes on making a submission

Please include the following information with your submission:

• title of the consultation
• your name or organisation name
• email address
• postal address.

Publishing and releasing submissions

All or part of any written submission (including names of submitters) may be published on the Ministry for the Environment's website www.mfe.govt.nz. Unless you clearly specify otherwise in your submission, we will consider that you have consented to website posting of both your submission and your name.

Contents of submissions may be released to the public under the Official Information Act 1982 following requests to the Ministry for the Environment (including via email). Please advise if you have any objection to the release of any information contained in a submission and, in particular, which part(s) you consider should be withheld, together with the reason(s) for withholding the information. We will take into account all such objections when responding to requests for copies of, and information on, submissions to this consultation under the Official Information Act.

The Privacy Act 1993 applies certain principles about the collection, use and disclosure of information about individuals by various agencies, including the Ministry for the Environment. It governs access by individuals to information about themselves held by agencies. Any personal information you supply to the Ministry in the course of making a submission will be used by the Ministry only in relation to the matters covered by this consultation. Please clearly indicate in your submission if you do not wish your name to be included in any summary of submissions that the Ministry may publish. 

Online submission form

An online submissions form can be found here.