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Other than best practice during a harvest phase my single piece of advice to both forest landowners and to those living and cropping on the flood plains below our steep hill country is to check your insurance policies. You may need to call on them!
READ MOREThe European and USA markets continue to have strong demand for clear lumber produced by New Zealand mills. The domestic demand for clear lumber remains steady apart from the decking sector which experienced a disappointing decking season.
READ MOREThe NZ ETS Review commenced in 2015. Stage 1 of that review concluded in May 2016 with the decision to phase out the two for one surrender with full surrender obligations in place by 2019.
READ MOREThe Specialty Wood Products research partnership is aimed at raising the confidence to grow and process a number of alternative species to radiata pine.
READ MOREThis year’s annual PF Olsen annual pre-start planting workshop was held on the 14th of May at Ngongotaha Bowling Club.
READ MOREThis month we introduce the Quick Six as a regular monthly feature. These are six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
READ MOREOn 26th April MPI sponsored a facilitated workshop to get ideas from industry leaders on how to achieve more domestic wood processing. While many well-canvassed issues were reaffirmed, the very fact that so many forest growers and processor leaders were willing to participate alongside each other and officials was a sign that the opportunities are real.
READ MORENew Zealand mills producing sawn timber from unpruned logs report steady domestic sales while not as spectacular as last year in some regions.
READ MOREThe latest New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Inventory for 1990-2016 released in April shows an increase in gross emissions of 20 percent since 1990.
READ MORECFGC New Zealand is investing in NZ forests and the wood products supply chain to provide sustainably better forest returns. It has invested in five industrial parks and has eight more planned.
READ MOREScion recently conducted a survey among ordinary citizens concerning their views on issues and opportunities in the forestry industry.
READ MOREAs a follow-up to the industry census of cable logging operations last undertaken in 2012, a comprehensive survey of all harvesting operations currently operating in New Zealand is underway.
READ MOREAn innovative engineering solution to a critical forestry risk, lagged drum sleeves extend the life of wire rope and save lives and limbs in the process.
READ MOREIn February, 61 people who operate in the forestry industry were asked whether they see a more prosperous or a more challenging 12 months ahead.
READ MORENew Zealand’s key forest industry associations are supporting penalties imposed in the District Court against Bay of Plenty forest owner Whitikau Holdings and two harvesting contractors.
READ MOREA report commissioned by Westpac and carried out by EY and Vivid Economics has just been released that reinforces the common-sense logic that earlier action on reducing our NZ national net emissions will be less costly to the economy over the period up to 2050 than delaying action now and having to play catch-up with shock policy changes to get back on the Paris Agreement trajectory in 2030.
READ MORENew Zealand mills producing non-pruned lumber continue to work through a subdued domestic market with sales down on last year for Quarter 1. It is difficult to read the current market as some buyers may be increasing purchases before the lumber price rises in May.
READ MOREWestpac NZ recently released a Climate Change Impact Report prepared by EY assessing the impacts of climate change on the New Zealand economy. The report modelled two scenarios:
READ MOREOn the 5th and 6th March, Liam Dine and Sarah Orton attended a New Zealand Association of Resource Management (NZARM) workshop in the East Coast region. This workshop was the first of it’s kind to be run by the NZARM, and its purpose was to enhance collaboration and idea sharing between resource managers, whilst examining some real-world scenarios in the field.
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