17 Jun 2005
Their carbon credits have been nationalised and investment in new plantings has almost dried up. But forest owners are still willing to talk to the government they say is causing their industry so much harm.
FOA media releases 2005
Kyoto officials face forest lock-out
29 Jun 2005
The NZ Forest Owners Association is suggesting to its members that they refuse entry to government officials intending to set up carbon monitoring plots in private forests.
Well-built houses don't leak
13 Jul 2005
The forest industry is concerned that the debate over T1.2 treated timber is shifting focus away from the real cause of leaky building problems — design and building standards.
Forest owners say floods reduced by trees
25 Jul 2005
Forest owners say downstream damage and siltation during the recent Coromandel floods would have been much worse if there had been fewer pine plantations in the hills.
Major parties need to embrace trees
26 Jul 2005
Forest owners are welcoming NZ First and United Future policies which call for an increase in government-funded tree planting schemes.
Forest owners celebrate improved safety record
15 Aug 2005
Accident rates in forestry have tumbled and forest owners are chuffed.
New wood processor group welcomed
9 Sep 2005
The launch of the Wood Processors Association is seen by forest owners as an important step in the evolution of the forest industry.
Land owners seek right to control sambar deer
4 Oct 2005
Forest owners and farmers on the North Island’s west coast between Waverley and Otaki want the right to control sambar deer on their land.
Forest industry urges tariff action in Hong Kong
15 Dec 2005
Representatives of the global forest industry have told Ministers in Hong Kong that freer trade in forest products would be good for business, good for development and good for the environment.