With so much woodlot harvesting happening of late due to good log prices, we have decided to devote this month's column to explaining the role of harvest managers and log buyers in woodlot logging. We explore two distinct options facing forest owners wishing to harvest their woodlot.
READ MORENew People to Welcome…
READ MOREWe have been advised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) that the application process to apply for the pre-1990 allocation is now not likely to commence until August 2010 with the Forestry Allocation Plan not being finalised until late July.
READ MOREProfessor Sir Peter Gluckman's public lecture at NIWA on 21st April in Auckland is a great read.
READ MOREForest Enterprises Limited (FEL), a forest and investment manager in the Wairarapa and East Coast of the North Island, recently advised (most) post-1989 forest owners to wait until 2012 to decide whether to opt in to the Emissions Trading Scheme and claim carbon credits (NZUs).
READ MOREPrices of most units in Europe continue their positive price trend with secondary CERs trading at around €16. Issuance of primary CERs is in a downward trend as the "low hanging fruit" of low-cost mitigation projects around the world reduces.
READ MOREThe New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) recently printed a Field Guide for Private Native Forestry (PNF) in Northern NSW.
READ MOREAs reported last month, Radiata prices in China slipped and A grade is currently trading at around USD140-145/JAS m³ CFR. This is down from a peak in March of over USD150. This is an inevitable correction of a steady price firming trend for the past two years.
READ MOREPF Olsen Ltd forest managers will shortly be trialling a new system of measuring forests using a new inventory system developed by Scion researchers as part of the FFR Radiata Research Theme.
READ MOREA typical steel house frame has added 4.5 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere
READ MOREPF Olsen Ltd has been managing the HG Leach forestry assets for the last 15 years.
READ MOREGeorge Parkes signed up with PF Olsen Ltd to manage his woodlot harvesting and marketing.
READ MOREWe welcome Future Forests Research (FFR) and Solid Wood Innovation (SWI) - formerly WQI - which are both going to provide regular articles for Wood Matters.
READ MOREAnother devastating earthquake in Western China and disruption to European air traffic from the Iceland volcano are further reminders that Earth is a dynamic and living planet.
READ MOREPF Olsen has recently increased its capacity to implement rare fauna monitoring within our managed forest areas with the purchase of a bat monitoring box.
READ MOREThe Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA's) reassessment of methyl bromide is in its final phase. ERMA received 92 submissions and approximately 40% of submitters asked to speak at a hearing.
READ MOREHigh log inventory in China continues to weigh on the market and price has declined for the past 2-3 weeks. Currently the price of A grade is reported at USD135-140/JAS m3 CFR (cost and freight).
READ MOREI welcome the opportunity of providing a regular update on Future Forests Research (FFR) for the readers of Wood Matters.
READ MOREThe value of appearance logs is impacted very heavily by resin blemishes.
READ MOREIt is widely acknowledged that having more trees planted is not only good for protecting steep hills from erosion and keeping streams clean and free of farm run-off pollution, but that it is one of the lowest-cost ways greenhouse gas emitters can meet their medium and longer-term emission liabilities under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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