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 News
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.
Lake Taupo carbon deal welcomed
10 Feb 2010
A pioneering deal involving a farm-to-forestry conversion and the subsequent sale of carbon credits from the forests is being praised by everyone involved.
Govt releases West Coast forestry strategy
18 Feb 2010
Forestry Minister David Carter has released the government's future strategy for the Crown's West Coast plantation forests, which aims to keep as much production and employment on the Coast as possible
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Bioenergy Association of New Zealand says the time is right for a National Bioenergy Strategy
18 Feb 2010
Bioenergy is a potentially significant contributor to the national energy mix in New Zealand. At present however the resource is largely untapped and the potential unrealised. All this is set to change however with an industry lead initiative to develop a proposed National Bioenergy Strategy. The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) says by 2040 New Zealand’s bioenergy sector could be supplying more than 25% of the county’s energy needs, including 30% of the country’s transport fuels.”