Steve Williams, Health and Safety Inspector – Forestry, of the Department of Labour (Te Tari Mahi) recently visited Sabre Logging working for PF Olsen in the Southern North Island (SNI) region.
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Last week I presented at the 6th Australia – New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference in Sydney. The take home message was despite residual opposition from the farming sector, we are fortunate in New Zealand to have a pragmatic ETS in place.
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Forest Stewardship Council(FSC) is very important for forestry companies who are supplying logs to customers who require independent certification that their wood products are sourced from well-managed sustainable forests.
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Trees growing on the edge of a stand can grow quite differently compared to trees within a stand. Obvious differences include branch size and height, however the differences extend to important wood qualities.
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August has seen continued reductions in wharf-gate prices around New Zealand. Export log prices fell some $2-6/JAS m³ as ocean freight costs rose and CFR prices continued to drop (CFR prices are the US$ denominated prices in destination ports).
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Domestic prices for NZUs has strengthened marginally since last month in line with slight firming of CERs. However the prospect of a big increase on the supply side from pre-1990 forest allocations, fisheries and trade-exposed industries is keeping price expectations down.
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I joined a senior business delegation to Seoul this month to assist the Prime Minister and MFAT breathe life into the Free Trade negotiations with Korea.
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On the 1st of July 2010 the energy, transport and industrial process sectors joined the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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The pre-1990 Forestry Allocation Plan is expected to be released next week, along with the mapping standard. This will allow the processing of applications of the free allocation/partial compensation NZUs for pre-1990 forest owners from the 1st of August 2010.
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The pre-1990 forest land mapping standard is expected to be released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry next week.
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Radiata log inventories in China have remained steady at around 750,000 m³. With consumption estimated at around 500,000 m³, this makes stocks 1½ months of consumption.
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After getting feedback after a presentation to the annual conference of the Society of Chartered Accountants, PF Olsen has prepared a set of Guidelines aimed at helping smaller forest owners and their advisors make better decisions regarding the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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Wood Resources International LLC recently reported that biomass in Sweden now generates 32% of all energy.
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PF Olsen assisted the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Biosecurity and Scion host a delegation of Indian scientists and officials touring New Zealand as part of a review of India's phytosanitary standards for the importation of wood products from NZ.
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As part of its harvest planning and engineering management, PF Olsen is now utilising a new on-line predictive tool supplied by the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
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The new Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Arts and Media building in Nelson is attracting international interest based on its design and widespread use of locally processed NZ Radiata pine.
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PF Olsen was pleased to have the opportunity to offer Krissy Doherty of Tuhoe, work experience in the Forestry Industry in the form of a Summer Internship.
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For quite a while, cypresses have been on the verge of becoming New Zealand's third major species, but they have been held back by the poor choice of genotype - in particularly with regard to canker resistance
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PF Olsen has recently undergone an audit of its management systems by Telarc. The assessment was carried out on the 8th and 9th July 2010.
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Newly appointed to the Rotorua senior team as National Engineering Manager is Dean Neilson, a civil engineer with 25 years experience in a range of settings, including local government, the forest industry, and private consulting firms.
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