28 March 2019
Forest owners want clarity on what they are expected to deliver for climate change targets.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton downplays the contribution of forestry in sequestering atmospheric carbon and wants to cut fossil fuel use.
15 March 2019
Interest in forestry is likely to be heightened in coming months with new environmental legislation that could include changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.
22 February 2019
The impact of the Tasman fire on the forestry industry is being counted in millions of dollars and lessons need to be learned, Forestry Minister Shane Jones says.
2 November 2018
A quarter of the billion trees to be planted under Government programmes are expected to be in the ground by 2021 with the planting of 80 million encouraged through joint ventures and grants.
25 October 2018
The Government’s billion-tree planting programme lacks clarity with ministers delivering conflicting messages, Canterbury University expert Professor Euan Mason says.
17 August 2018
Forest Owners Association president Peter Weir is troubled by Government proposals to use an auction system to allocate extra carbon units under a revised Emissions Trading Scheme.
10 July 2018
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry proposed the introduction of a new national policy for the industry at the sector’s annual conference in an effort to help the government “develop sound long-term strategies for forestry development.”
26 June 2018
New Zealand structural log prices are at their highest level for 25 years as local mills compete with exporters to secure supply for the domestic construction market amid strong demand from China.
6 June 2018
The forestry sector has responded with surprise to claims it has fallen behind pastoral farming in its biosecurity measures, maintaining the sector has done more than its share to protect commercial forests from incursions.
4 May 2018
The rural sector is likely to lose population and services as livestock is replaced by up to 2.8 million ha of new forestry so New Zealand can become a net zero carbon emitter by 2050.
