8 April 2011
A Nelson lobby group has launched a plan to have logs barged from Rabbit Island, to the west of the city, to Port Nelson as a way to get logging trucks removed from suburban arterial roads. This would involve diverting trucks carrying export logs from the south of Nelson to a purpose-built depot on the island.
Forestry News
Freshwater reform report released
9 April 2011
Environment minister Nick Smith and agriculture minister David Carter have publicly released the final report of the Land and Water Forum, saying it provides a good framework for advancing water reform.
WPA farewells Chair
13 April 2011
Mark Hansen of Rosvall Sawmill has stepped in as the interim Chair of the Wood Processors' Association of New Zealand, following today's resignation of Chairman Rob Davies.Buddleia bug spreading
6 April 2011
A weevil introduced in 2006 for the biocontrol of buddleia is reported to be stripping large patches of buddleia to bare stems throughout the Bay of Plenty.
ETS carbon measurement compulsory
23 March 2011
New regulations will see large forest owners in the Emissions Trading Scheme using personalised carbon measurement information for their emissions returns, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says.
World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed
23 March 2011
A new report launched today at the 8th meeting of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) – Smoke and Mirrors: a critical assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – reveals that the Bank is not fulfilling its promises to protect the rights of forest peoples.
Wood Processors’ Association congratulates Minister and DBH
14 March 2011
The Wood Processors’ Association of New Zealand (WPA) congratulates Minister of Building and Construction, Maurice Williamson, on the release of an overhauled timber treatment regime within the New Zealand Building Code.
Aussie carbon scheme won't encourage forest planting
16 March 2011
Growing trees is nature’s way of absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. So most would assume that the Australian forest industry would be front and centre of the Gillard Government’s climate change policy. They’d be wrong.
Boron treatment for wood supported
17 March 2011
The move to a single boron treatment for all enclosed timber framing is a sensible and timely move says NZ Wood, the industry’s promotional organisation.