29 July 2009
It can be just as environmentally friendly to ship timber from New Zealand to distant markets than it is for those markets to use timber sourced more locally, a new study shows.
Forestry News
Ernslaw makes biggest forest carbon trade
29 July 2009
The world’s largest transaction to date involving a purchase and sale of forestry AAUs from New Zealand has just taken place. This is also the first purchase of forestry AAUs from New Zealand by a European buyer.
Matariki Forests retained by existing owners
31 July 2009
The sale process of Matariki Forests has concluded with the shareholders making the decision to retain the assets.
NZ fire managers to help battle Canadian wildfires
04 Aug 2009
Six New Zealand fire managers will form part of a 30-strong contingent from Australia and New Zealand to help tackle the wildfires burning in Canada, says Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy.
SILNA discussion document released by MAF
06 Aug 2009
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has released a discussion document titled SILNA Forests: Review of the 2002 Policy and the Implementation Package.
European & US forestry in deep recession
06 Aug 2009
A UN study says the economic crisis has pushed the European and the US forestry sectors into deep recession.
2020 target - 10-20% less CO2 than 1990
10 Aug 2009
Climate Change Ministers Nick Smith and Tim Groser today announced an emissions reduction target range of 10% to 20% below 1990 levels by 2020.
Newly planted forests could halve emissions by 2020
13 Aug 2009
The Government’s target for reducing net carbon emissions is achievable with the assistance of significant new investment in forest planting, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. The association said private investors had the capability to deliver a massive new area of planting.
Try trees before re-engineering the planet
4 Sept 2009
Geoengineering may become the plan B if efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases continue to be insufficient, says the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ). But before that point is reached there is a big potential for New Zealand to plant exotic and indigenous forests, with big gains for biodiversity and negligible impact on food production.