New Zealand Forest Owners Association

14 May 2012

The US Forest Service is using sticks of high explosive to fell trees in forests that have succumbed to mountain pine beetle infestations. The practice began in Colorado and is now being trialled throughout North America.

11 May 2012

New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) is working well overall, says Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser.

11 May 2012

NZ Wood today announced that Resene, the NZ owned and operated paint manufacturer from Lower Hutt, has committed to a naming rights sponsorship of the 2012 Timber Design Awards.

23 April 2012

When Dennis Larsen bought his Lawrence farm in 1980, there were no trees - just "a bit of scrub". More than 30 years later, the 611 ha sheep and beef property boasts 92 ha of forestry.

23 April 2012

"You're my heroes," Prof Henrik Moller told farm foresters attending the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association's recent conference in Balclutha.

19 April 2012

United States conservatives are trying to get the US Congress to remove the ban on the import of illegally logged lumber under the Lacey Act.  They say it is unfair for US wood processors to be prosecuted for unknowingly using wood from illegally logged forests.

18 April 2012

The Wellington Regional Council may sell cutting rights to its plantation forests in Wellington and Wairarapa.

17 April 2012

Carter Holt Harvey sold forestry assets near Tokoroa for some US$38.6 million, sometime between four and 18 months ago according to the purchasing company's financial statements.

13 April 2012

A field trial of genetically engineered radiata pine trees planted in a secure site at Scion’s Rotorua campus was deliberately destroyed during the long Easter weekend.

9 April 2012

Members of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry, Te Pûtahi Ngâherehere o Aotearoa, are saddened by news of the death of former forestry minister Sir Peter Tapsell.