4 April 2011
New Zealand wood processors run the risk of missing out on the massive amounts of processed wood likely to be required for Japan’s rebuilding, according to the chairman of the Wood Council of New Zealand, Doug Ducker.
Forestry News
Court affirms forestry’s positive climate change role
23 February 2011
In a strongly-worded opinion validating California’s forest practice laws, a Superior Court judge has ruled that timber harvesting under the state’s comprehensive forestry standards is not only appropriate under the law, but also advances the fight against climate change.10 million NZUs issued
18 February 2011
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued 10 million New Zealand Units (NZUs) to participants in the Emissions Trading Scheme since the first returns were processed in early 2009.
Forestry now Nelson's biggest industry?
8 February 2010
At a time when other pillars of the Nelson economy are showing signs of crumbling, forestry is standing tall and now rivals horticulture as the Nelson region's most important industry, according to a feature article in the Nelson Mail.
STIMBR research gets PGP leg-up
2 February 2010
Environment Minister Nick Smith has welcomed the announcement that $2.5 million will be invested under the Primary Growth Partnership in applied research into reducing the impact, and eventual replacement, of the fumigant methyl bromide.
Gas links with disease unfounded
1 Feb 2010
Renewed concerns that the fumigation of logs and lumber might be linked to motor neurone disease have no scientific basis, says the forest industry.
Felled trees dissected for carbon
10 Feb 2010
Twenty trees felled in the revamp of Newmarket Park, Auckland, are being cut up and weighed, roots and all, to figure out exactly how much carbon they have stored in the 25 years since they were planted. They include popular amenity species like karaka, kanuka, lemonwood and pittosporum.
Forest area falls
10 Feb 2010
Latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand confirm the continuing fall in new forest plantings.