2011 - New Zealand Forest Owners Association

Proposed Changes to Environmental Reporting - 18 October 2011

(Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:59:51 +1300

The FOA believe the discussion document accurately précis the underlying problems with NZ’s state of the environment reporting framework as identified by the OECD. In particular ...

Proposed NES for Plantation Forestry - Revised - 17 June 2011

(Anonymous) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:37:41 +1200

The FOA have consulted with members and the submission is based on the collective position that was reached. This submission is not intended to address every detailed issue in the NES (as have been covered by our members) but to identify the key issues that we believe must be addressed if the NES is to be advanced further.

National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS) - 2 May 2011

(Anonymous) — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:39:32 +1200

The FOA has reviewed the Proposed NPS on Indigenous Biodiversity and canvassed its members for input to this submission. The FOA submission is accordingly attached.

Road User Charges Bill - 24 March 2011

(Anonymous) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +1300

In the year to March 2010, approximately 23 million tonnes of logs were transported on New Zealand roads. Over the next five years roundwood removals, and hence transport is forecast to increase to around 30 million tonnes. Apart from freight, the movement of logs, manufactured forest products and wood by-products is the largest road freight commodity group transported in New Zealand ...

Biosecurity Law Reform Bill - 10 February 2011

(Anonymous) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:39:50 +1300

Submission to Primary Production Select Committee on the Biosecurity Law Reform Bill