In recognition of the work this programme is doing to improve the productivity, cost efficiency and safety of harvesting on steep land, the Forest Grower Levy Trust has allocated $250,000 of levy funds to support this programme in its final 18 months.
READ MOREThey might be a New Zealand icon but kiwis fail to return the loyalty - they prefer pine plantations to the native forest they inhabit in children's story books.
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READ MOREDecember saw modest increases in unpruned export log prices driven by slightly favourable movements in exchange rate and ocean freight rates.
READ MORESince the last issue of Wood Matters, climate issues have had considerable coverage in the mainstream media.
READ MOREPF Olsen had the honour to be involved in the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to New Zealand.
READ MOREKen was nominated for the safety profile by PF Olsen staff because of his excellent attitude towards health and safety.
READ MOREWith the introduction of the forest growing levy earlier this year the organisation of forest growing research has come under the oversight of a joint FOA/FFA forest research committee.
READ MOREAngus McKenzie commenced employment on 1st December as a Harvest Supervisor with Rotorua Harvesting.
READ MOREThis comment comes to you from China where I joined the official NZ business delegation to the APEC CEO Summit in Beijing 8 – 10 November.
READ MOREAfter three months of export log price rises off the deep July low point, November saw a very mixed bag in terms of sentiment and outlook.
READ MOREOne of the real challenges with running a national operation in Australia is the lack of legislative and regulatory alignment across a wide range of business functions.
READ MOREMany forest owners will be interested in the progress of a National Environmental Standard (NES) for plantation forestry in New Zealand. The NES aims to achieve improved consistency for the management of plantation forests under the RMA.
READ MOREPF Olsen took on Rimurapa in 2012. "We were prepared to give this newcomer a break" says Jason Blair, Gisborne Branch Forest Manager.
READ MOREA government review of the ETS is expected to take place in 2015. There is no indication yet that the National-led government will make changes to strengthen the ETS.
READ MORETani Hoyhtya has recently commenced at PF Olsen Rotorua as the China Projects Manager.
READ MORESince our September edition of Wood Matters we have had 2 big things take place in New Zealand. The first is a general election.
READ MOREThe big news story is Red Stag's announcement to build a new $60m sawmill on its Waipa site in Rotorua.
READ MOREThe Journal of Sustainable Forestry recently published an article on how effective wood as a building material is at mitigating both greenhouse gas emissions and use of fossil fuels (see Carbon, Fossil Fuel, and Biodiversity Mitigation With Wood and Forests).
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