Clarky's Comment - August, National Forest Policy
PF Olsen supports the work going into the development of a draft policy, and like others, looks forward to having input into its final form.
READ MOREPF Olsen supports the work going into the development of a draft policy, and like others, looks forward to having input into its final form.
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READ MOREExport log market weakness replaces nascent recovery. Optimism of a continuation of reducing log inventories and firming prices in China has given way to stubbornly high log stocks, price weakness and muted demand.
READ MORESCION produced a log price outlook in February and again in May. This outlook was based on a summary of combined views from a range of people inside New Zealand and abroad.
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From June to August, PF Olsen is running safety messages on local radio stations to remind forest workers of key safety messages whilst going to work and returning home.
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Innovative equipment matched to site produces optimum harvesting result. In an unusual move, forest manager PF Olsen has stepped in to help one of its contractors with the purchase of a yarder to harvest in woodlots around the central North Island.
READ MORE"The kea population is pretty active at Ligar Bay and quite simply part of the harvesting crew on any given morning," points out Brendan. Working with the KCT, the big take home message for us is that whilst kea seem so abundant and healthy, they are in fact nationally endangered. They're pretty unique birds that are battling and I don’t think NZers understand this".
READ MOREAccording to Climate Action Tracker, New Zealand is not doing its fair share towards international emissions reductions and as such we can expect scrutiny of our targets in Paris in December.
READ MOREOn 28 July, PF Olsen hosted James Broady, Waiariki Institute of Technology's Forest Management tutor, and Diploma in Forest Management students on a field trip to Ridge Forest. The purpose of our visit was to look/analyse a contractor’s Health & Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
READ MOREPlanting trees with the best, and appropriately chosen genetics, is the easiest thing we can do to improve the future value of our forests.
READ MOREForest owners are having to deal with another drop in export log prices from already low levels for unpruned grades.
READ MOREThe COP21 in Paris will be held this year from 30th November to 11th December. The internationally agreed objective of COP21 is to achieve a new international agreement on climate, applicable to all countries, that will keep global warming below 2°C.
READ MOREExport log prices continued to recover in July, increasing around $6/JAS m³. On average domestic pruned log prices increased $3/tonne, structural log prices decreased $1/tonne and pulp log prices were flat.
READ MOREDuring the 1990s private forestry investment was at an all-time high in New Zealand. This was stimulated by a price spike in 1993 which saw log prices reach an historic record high in the third quarter of 1993.
READ MOREIn May PF Olsen, in partnership with TDDA, ran a series of workshops for staff and contractors on reasonable cause drug and alcohol testing.
READ MOREMany forest owners, big and small, outsource their forest management.
READ MOREThe NZU market did not react to the announcement from Climate Change Minister Hon. Tim Groser that the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) target New Zealand will take to Paris is a 30% reduction below 2005 levels by 2030.
READ MOREConventional tree breeding is a long and time consuming process, particularly for conifers. The normal breeding cycle for Radiata pine is around 32-35 years with backward selection and 8 to 10 years shorter if forward selection is used.
READ MOREThe 2015 Young Farmer Contest Grand Final was held in Taupo in early July and the Agri-Skills Challenge this year included a "Farm Forestry" section co-ordinated by local members of the NZ Farm Forestry Association.
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