It is clear from comments made by Climate Change Minister, Hon Tim Groser, on Radio New Zealand's Rural News programme (19th August) that there remains a lack of understanding about both the level of forestry investment (and divestment) taking place in New Zealand, and the direct link of that to domestic climate change policies.
READ MOREThe Australian Forest Contractors' Association, with support from PF Olsen Australia and a number of other industry players, has been running a series of highly successful seminars around the country focused on the theme "Business is Different Now".
READ MOREThe hot topic of reversion of forestry land back to agriculture is attracting a lot of media interest as the naysayers of the MIS industry predict the 'inevitable destruction and burning of thousands of hectares of taxpayer-funded pulpwood plantations.'
READ MOREPlans for a timber processing zone in Paradip on the east coast of India are being discussed by the State Government of Odisha.
READ MOREA world first in developing a system to count and measure trees accurately using remote sensing technology and aerial imagery has won a Future Forests Research award for David Pont, a forest management scientist at Scion.
READ MOREThe relative stability in the market as reported last month continues, with solid demand and some firming of prices. Harvesting levels around New Zealand are hitting record levels.
READ MOREPrice for NZUs has continued to rise. At the time of the last Wood Matters in mid August it was around $2.50. During August NZU price increased to over $5.00 and has since declined to currently trade at around $4.50 per NZU.
READ MOREPF Olsen congratulates Te Manawa o Tūhoe for development of its website
READ MOREMy recent trip to China caused me to reflect on some changes that have taken place in the Chinese forestry sector since I was last involved as a consultant 15 years ago, not the least of which was that the smaller town hotel plumbing has gotten a lot more robust than it was back then!
READ MOREThe PF Olsen Viking Timber Management (VTM) team, based in Rotorua, has recently undertaken two significant powerline felling projects of note. These operations had different challenges and constraints, but through a collaborative planning and management approach that involved the harvesting contractor both were completed successfully without incident.
READ MOREIntroducing Kevin Haine - PF Olsen Container Nursery Manager.
READ MOREForest owners in many large countries with large commercial estates wised up years ago. Chile, Australia, Sweden and Norway, Indonesia and Malaysia just to name a few have been planting container treestocks for decades.
READ MORERelative stability has been a theme of the past 18 months of log trading. This has been very welcome in contrast to the damaging volatility of prior periods.
READ MORERecently a group of New Zealand loggers went to Elmia Wood 2013, the world's largest forestry machinery exposition, held near Jonkoping in southern Sweden from 5-8 June 2013.
READ MOREPrices for NZUs have been on the rise. Price at the time of last WoodMatters mid-July was around the $2.00 mark and is currently at around $2.50 per NZU.
READ MOREEvery sector has some claim to its importance and uniqueness in its actual or potential contribution to our economy and lifestyle.
READ MORERecently PF Olsen Australia has had the opportunity to discuss with federal politicians and national forestry representative bodies about some of the key emerging issues that we see as requiring attention.
READ MOREIt is fair to say that trees and power lines are not particularly compatible. Vegetation, including tree crops, that grow too close to power lines presents a hazard to power lines that can interrupt electricity supply (for example through trees touching or falling on lines).
READ MORENo one ever said change is easy, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good thing in the end. PF Olsen Ltd and Waiariki Institute of Technology have seen their partnership evolve over the years not only in the relationships established, but also in regards to their combined focus on safety.
READ MOREIn a report released early in June, the Ministry for Primary Industries estimated that log export volumes from New Zealand would be 7 per cent higher in the year ending June 30 than the same period in 2012.
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