Forestry is a commercially viable and environmentally beneficial land use in Aotearoa. Unfortunately, there is a pastoral farming movement gaining airtime that suggests that forestry is negative for our country and that is something I am compelled to address.
READ MOREDue to the drop in the AWG log prices the PF Olsen Log Price Index for June decreased $2 to $128. The index is currently $1 below the two-year average, $2 above the three-year average, and $10 higher than the five-year average.
READ MOREThe Government has recently announced the second tranche of decisions on improvements to the NZ ETS.
READ MOREFollowing are our six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you for this month. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
READ MOREPF Olsen FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Group Scheme has achieved a milestone – 10 years of sustainable forest management under the Rainforest Alliance seal!
READ MOREWe have an amazing industry full of diverse opportunities and unfortunately not many people know enough about it, and what they do know, is often based on a small volume of unfavorable but significant events.
READ MOREFor the first time in a while virtually all mills report good log supply. The domestic market for logs has continued the very stable yet unspectacular start to 2019. Most mills expect domestic demand for sawn timber to reduce over the winter months. There are high stocks of sawn timber in most Asian markets.
READ MORENew Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory report shows that gross emissions rose 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, and 23.1% since 1990.
READ MORENew AR4 acoustic recorders now available for bat, kiwi and other forest bird surveys
READ MOREKauri snails found by crew in Northland forest prompting collaboration and quick thinking between DOC and PF Olsen to devise a management solution.
READ MORERecent industry workshops organised by Scion highlighted the progress being made to find the best trees in our forests.
READ MOREIn March PF Olsen added the new ISO Standard AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, to our certifications. PF Olsen New Zealand and Australia now hold AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 alongside ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015.
READ MOREFollowing are our six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you for this month. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
READ MOREThis is the only thing we can completely rely upon, and as a result, to be successful we must evolve.
READ MOREAt Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for logs delivered to ports around New Zealand decreased on average 7 NZD per JASm3 in April. This decrease in AWG prices is due to a combination of increased shipping costs and uncertainty in the China log market. While the demand for logs is at record levels, there is an imbalance between log price and domestic wholesale prices.
READ MOREThe government has confirmed that a new method of accounting will be applied to all new registrations in the Emissions Trading Scheme from January 2021. Forests registered in 2019 and 2020 will be given the option to choose the averaging approach or the carbon stock change approach.
READ MOREThis review represents the views of more than 115 contractor crews from all regions in New Zealand. Of these, 24 per cent state the risk of losing key staff is keeping them awake at night.
READ MOREFollowing are our six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you for this month. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
READ MOREFive challenges submitted by five primary industry organisations. 60 participants from around New Zealand, forming seven teams. 36 hours to create a solution to one of the challenges. Welcome to AgTech Hackathon 2019!
READ MOREBiosecurity is everyone’s problem, and everyone can be part of the solution. Up front, the government and border security can’t be allowed to be complacent. Nor can we siphon money away from the area to serve political expediency at the expense of risk to our industry.
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