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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
Forest owners say the decision of Ngai Tahu to apply to have its Treaty of Waitangi settlement reconsidered, highlights the huge losses sustained by owners of pre-1990 forests under the government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS).
A scientific review of options for the production of bioenergy in New Zealand, their economic viability and sustainability, provides further weight to the argument that energy from forests is one of New Zealand's best option for producing its own biofuels.
Water Wake Up Call Welcome (27 Aug 2008)
Forest owners have welcomed the water management plan released by the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD).
The ETS can be improved, say forest owners (24 Aug 2008)
The NZ Forest Owners Association is calling on the Greens and NZ First to continue to support an emissions trading scheme (ETS) that includes earlier commitments by some sectors and that restores confidence to the forest sector.
Rayonier to test the market for its forests (20 Aug 2008)
The shareholders of Matariki Forests, managed and 40-percent owned by Rayonier New Zealand, are exploring the sale of their New Zealand assets, according to a NZ Press Association report.
