16 April 2016
Forest owners say the formal adoption of the Paris climate change agreement in New York on Friday [22 April] will potentially have great benefits for both plantation and natural forests world-wide. Climate change minister Paula Bennett will be in New York to sign the agreement along with representatives from 130 other countries.
22 April 2016
Forest owners say a Pure Advantage report that proposes a near-doubling of the area of planted forest in New Zealand is very welcome.
16 April 2016
Peter Clark, the chief executive officer of PF Olsen Ltd, has been elected president of the Forest Owners Association (FOA). He replaces retiring president Paul Nicholls. George Asher, chief executive officer of the Lake Taupo Forest Trust, has been elected vice-president.
21 March 2016
Today, the NZ Forest Owners Association is joining with forestry minister Hon Jo Goodhew and its colleagues in The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Forests. The global forest products industry contributes to sustainable development, ensuring that environmental, social and economic benefits are available to current and future generations.
23 February 2016
New Zealand’s third largest export industry, forestry, is steadily shrinking. Ministry for Primary Industries figures reveal that only 3000 hectares of new forest were planted in 2015 and that the total area of planted forest fell by 16,000 ha.
29 February 2016
Forest owners say they are keen to sell their logs to local mills, so long as the terms of sale match those from export markets. Forest Owners Association chief executive David Rhodes says there have been cases where local mills have been unwilling to do this.
11 March 2016
Future generations of New Zealanders may live in a patchwork landscape where several different forest species compete on the hills for growing space with the familiar Pinus radiata.
3 March 2016
Forest owners say kinks in the laws covering the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to be ironed out.
