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The New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) represents the owners of New Zealand's commercial plantation forests. The association and its members are committed to the highest standards of sustainable silviculture, environmental practice and workforce safety.
Plantation forestry is science-based and highly innovative. It is New Zealand's third largest export industry and a major regional employer. It is the industry with the greatest potential to transform New Zealand into a carbon-neutral economy where all land-based industries are environmentally sustainable.
Latest news
Aussie foresters welcome draft Garnalt Report (07 Jul 2008)
A3P, which represents the Australian plantation products and paper industry, has welcomed the Garnaut Climate Change Review draft report, and has called for the early introduction of forestry and wood products into the Australian ETS.
Forestry is best performing UK asset class (03 Jul 2008)
Forestry investments once again outperformed all asset classes in 2007, returning 31.6% -- well above commercial property, equities and bonds, which returned -3.4%, 5.3% and 6.4% respectively -- according to the Investment Property Databank (IPD) UK Forestry Index.
Let’s get the ETS right before making it law (26 Jun 2008)
A report highlighting the costs of delaying an emissions trading scheme (ETS) greatly understates the benefits of planting more trees, say forest owners.
More funds for Northland & Tairawhiti roads (20 Jun 2008)
Improvements to forestry access roads have received a boost with local bodies in Northland and Tairawhiti and the New Zealand Forestry Owners Association managing to secure another three years of funding for the work.
Flawed ETS needs more work (16 Jun 2008)
New Zealand's environment and economy will be compromised if the Government's emissions trading scheme [ETS] is rushed through Parliament in its present form, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith
