Over the last month we have seen quite a lot of negativity from the pastoral farming leadership about the damage and cost of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to farm businesses.
READ MOREFor a conservative industry sector, the amount and pace of change in forestry is sometimes quite astounding. In Australia during the last 18 months we have witnessed substantial change at a scale that probably could not be predicted, and there's more to come.
READ MOREThe Government's allocation of new Primary Growth Partnership funding to improve forest harvesting technology has huge potential to benefit the New Zealand economy and make logging safer for workers on the ground.
READ MOREDid you know you can assess stands for the propensity for intra-ring checking (IRC)?
READ MOREJune saw steady export log markets with some positive signs from China. High log inventories in China have fallen from over 1.0 million m³ to less than 700,000 m³, and prices have stabilised.
READ MOREWith 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.
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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.
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