26 May 2015
A safety council has been set-up, chaired by Dame Alison Paterson, to make forests safer places to work. Establishing the council was a key recommendation of the Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel that reviewed forest safety in 2014.
19 May 2015
Forest owners have welcomed government support for research into plantation species other than radiata pine. [See http://bit.ly/1PuC97Z]
12 May 2015
Forest owners welcome the reboot of the popular Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS) announced yesterday by associate primary industries minister Jo Goodhew.
19 March 2015
Forest owners and wood processors world-wide are calling for governments to recognise the role of forests and wood products in combating climate change.
18 February 2015
With the risk of forest fire now very high or extreme in many parts of the country, the public is being cautioned not to enter plantation forests without permission.
14 February 2015
The forest industry has established a safety council to make forests safer places to work. This was a key recommendation of the Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel that reviewed forest workplace safety in 2014.
12 February 2015
Forest owners are asking the government to call an urgent meeting of primary sector leaders and iwi to deal with the country's greenhouse gas emissions blow-out.They say a lack of new forest planting and a looming harvest "bulge" has to be addressed.
