19 April 2012
United States conservatives are trying to get the US Congress to remove the ban on the import of illegally logged lumber under the Lacey Act. They say it is unfair for US wood processors to be prosecuted for unknowingly using wood from illegally logged forests.
Forestry News
Greater Wellington may sell cutting rights
18 April 2012
The Wellington Regional Council may sell cutting rights to its plantation forests in Wellington and Wairarapa.Carter Holt sells Tokoroa forest
17 April 2012
Carter Holt Harvey sold forestry assets near Tokoroa for some US$38.6 million, sometime between four and 18 months ago according to the purchasing company's financial statements.Vandals destroy GE trial trees
13 April 2012
A field trial of genetically engineered radiata pine trees planted in a secure site at Scion’s Rotorua campus was deliberately destroyed during the long Easter weekend.Former forestry minister dies
9 April 2012
Members of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry, Te Pûtahi Ngâherehere o Aotearoa, are saddened by news of the death of former forestry minister Sir Peter Tapsell.
Suspicious fires in Nelson forests
7 April 2012
Nelson detectives are investigating fires in commercial forestry south of Tapawera, near Nelson.Sino-Forest restructure may see Mangakahia sold
3 April 2012
The 11,000 hectare Mangakahia forest in Northland may be sold following the demise of the Canadian listed company Sino-Forest that filed for bankruptcy protection last week.Blaze at Pan Pac mill
3 April 2012
Napier firefighters last night battled a fire at Pan Pac Forest Products paper mill for almost four hours. The fire started in a drier at around 9.10 pm.Record forest earnings
30 March 2012
Forestwood export earnings increased by NZ$257.5 million to NZ$4.5 billion in the 2011 calendar year, a new record. This was despite an oversupply of logs in China and continuing currency pressure in the last quarter.