10 September 2012
Homeowners and the economy will benefit if New Zealanders reconnect with our forests and use timber for the construction of new homes.
Forestry News
NZ Wood laminates
8 September 2012
A local lifecycle story from the trees in Nelson Forests to the processing at Nelson Pine Industries (and manufacturing at Hunter Laminates) to the remarkably innovative NMIT Arts and Media building designed by Andrew Irving – and what it means for the industry.
Latest Climate Change amendments before Select Committee
29 August 2012
Public submissions are now being invited on the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. The closing date for submissions is Monday, 10 September 2012.New economic report set to ignite debate around lignite alternatives
29 August 2012
Hundreds of new jobs and tens of millions of dollars could be generated for the people of Southland without developing the polluting coal industry, a new economic report by BERL has found.
Report recommends wildling accord
28 August 2012
A report prepared for the Ministry for Primary Industries recommends that a national strategy be prepared for wilding conifer management. It also recommends an accord be developed between the forestry industry, Local Government New Zealand, MPI, the Department of Conservation and LINZ.Forest biomass features in Californian bioenergy plan
28 August 2012
California has just released a 2012 Bioenergy Action Plan which aims to accelerate clean energy development, job creation, and protection of public health and safety. The plan identifies forest and wood processing biomass residues as an important source of renewable energy.Wishy washy ETS will result in deforestation
27 August 2012
Foresters feel the watering down of the Emissions Trading Scheme has reached "overkill" level and will result in the partial deforestation of the country.Methyl bromide reduction research gets big funding boost
24 August 2012
A multi-million dollar boost has been given to research into finding ways to make New Zealand’s log and wood exports pest-free while making less use of fumigants.
NZ wood exporters nervous of Aussie ban
24 August 2012
Australia and New Zealand have signed a pledge to work together to stamp out illegal logging, but NZ wood exporters are worried that their shipments could be caught up in an Australian ban.