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Carle, Christmas and Guild elected NZIF fellows

09 May 2011

James (Jim) Carle, Rome,  Jeremy Christmas, Rotorua and Dennys Guild, Christchurch have been elected Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF).

Solomons still being illegally logged

09 May 2011

The Solomon Islands forestry minister, Bradley Tovosia, says that illegal logging remains a big concern in his country.

Pacific forestry conference underway

02 May 2011

Nearly 300 forestry professionals from nearly 20 countries are meeting at Sky City, Auckland for the seventh combined conference of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry and the Institute of Foresters of Australia.  The ANZIF 2011 conference theme is Pacific Forestry – Growing a Forestry Future and is being held during the United Nations Year of Forests.

Greens: No govt plan for NZ forests

18 April 2011

The Government has no plan for the future of forestry, says Greens forestry spokesperson Catherine Delahunty.

Faux-dope a worry

19 April 2011

The Forest Owners Association says more action may be needed on synthetic cannabis if its use undermines the industry's health and safety rules.

Carbon offset deal could be first of many

16 April 2011

Carbon Conscious, an Australian company, is to establish a carbon forest sink near near Gisborne as part of an $11 million contract with an unnamed energy company.

Emissions down and NZ on target to meet Kyoto

16 April 2011

Climate change minister Nick Smith has welcomed reports on New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions for 2009 and the projected net position for 2008-2012 that show the Emissions Trading Scheme is working and that New Zealand is on track to meet its Kyoto commitments.

Size of forest estate near-static

15 April 2011

The area of New Zealand’s exotic forest estate area stands at approximately 1.793 million hectares, down 4100 ha (0.2 percent) on last year, according to the National Exotic Forest Description (NEFD) 2010 report, released by MAF today.