12 December 2012
The forestry sector will remain squeezed over the next few years, due to subdued demand from major export markets, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. In the December update to its Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries, it says export volumes are expected to hold up, but some product prices will not.
Forestry News
Threatened bats discovered in forest
11 December 2012
The discovery of a threatened bat population in Riverhead Forest has excited biologists and the Department of Conservation (DOC).
BoP man fined for milling native trees
11 December 2012
A Whakatane man has been fined $15,000 plus a further $15,000 in reparation to the Ministry for Primary Industries for milling indigenous timber.Gisborne council adopts slash recommendations
10 December 2012
The report of a forestry reference group set up by the Gisborne District Council to look at slash in waterways says no changes are needed in the district plan for plantation forestry at present.Illegal logging devastates forests in Russia's far eas
7 December 2012
About nine o'clock in the evening on 12 February seven years ago, Vladimir Baranov was killed by gunmen on the doorstep of his house -- the culmination of a dispute with illegal loggers.Forest ACoP launched
5 December 2012
MP for Rotorua Todd McClay today launched the Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Forest Operations at the Forest Industry Contractors Association ‘Big Day Out’ conference in Rotorua.
Log truckers damned by misreporting
3 December 2012
The Automobile Association and the Log Truck Safety Council say log truck accidents have not been an issue in 2012. However, misreporting by the news media has given the opposite impression.Fulton Hogan sells Otago forest to GMO
27 November 2012
Fulton Hogan has got Overseas Investment Office approval to sell forestry estates in Otago to Forestry Fund 9 NZ, a subsidiary of global investment manager GMO. The conditional sale of 3013 ha of forestry land was agreed in June.Forestry offers huge NZ bio-fuel opportunity
15 November 2012
New Zealand's plantation forestry estate represents a major opportunity for New Zealand to become more self-sufficient in transport fuels. That's the conclusion of the latest report from the Pure Advantage business lobby group seeking support for a "green growth" push in New Zealand.