02 Feb 2009
The California Climate Change Action Registry (CCAR) is revising the protocols of its forest project that has been operating successfully since 2004.
Forestry News
EU call to action leaves trees in limbo
02 Feb 2009
The European Commission has called for an OECD-wide carbon market by 2015 and ratcheted up calls for developing countries to keep their own emissions in check, but the question of whether offsets can be used to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation won't be answered until the rest of the world makes up its mind.Sustainable Business Council supports RMA reforms
04 Feb 2009
Reform of the resource management law will save ratepayers and businesses millions – and could stimulate hundreds of millions in new economic activity.National hits 'go' with RMA reform
04 Feb 2009
The government is embarking on major changes to the Resource Management Act that environment minister Nick Smith says will simplify and streamline processes without compromising environmental protections. The changes are largely in line with the government's pre-election processes.Big drop in sawn lumber production
05 Feb 2009
Latest MAF statistics show a dramatic decline in sawn timber production in the September quarter of 2008. This follows several years in which New Zealand log and sawn timber production figures have been remarkably stable.Aussies predict modest forest gains from carbon price
10 Feb 2009
The Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council, A3P, has debunked a report that concluded that a carbon price incentive would result in large areas of agricultural land being reforested. They say foresters are hopeful a carbon price will result in some plantation expansion, but predict this will be in the order of tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands, of hectares a year.Farmer paid to convert Taupo farm to forest
12 Feb 2009
The Lake Taupo Protection Trust announced today an agreement that will achieve the conversion of over 930 ha of farmland into forestry.Forest contractors want subsidy for wooden houses
26 Feb 2009
The Forest Industry Contractors Association is calling on Government to implement an Australian-style intervention to help keep jobs in New Zealand’s many small to medium companies and provide better homes for families.Brownlee ignores wood as a bioenergy source
27 Feb 2009
The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) is disappointed with the Minister for Energy’s first major speech, where – despite emphasising how energy-rich New Zealand is – there is not a single mention of the huge existing resource represented by the millions of tonnes of wood residue that is generated each year by our sustainable forestry industry, but is currently wasted.