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Primary Sector Leadership Not Addressing Economics As The Real Climate Change Issue
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 11:56 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The immediate past president of the Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) says the leaders of the primary sector and government are ineffectively tinkering with lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Graham West says the key to getting emissions down is to get emitters ... More >>
Small Scale Woodlot Owners Have Their Say In Tairāwhiti Land Use Inquiry
Friday, 31 March 2023, 1:09 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti. Graham West has told the New Zealand Farm Forestry ... More >>
Future Forests Need To Be Multifunctional To Meet Climate Change In Tairāwhiti
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The Farm Forestry Association says the just convened Ministerial Inquiry, into land-use across Tairāwhiti, needs to look closely at the tree options for shoring up vulnerable farm and former forest land in the region, or it will leave a legacy of mistakes ... More >>
Pine Conspiracy Needs Reality Check
Friday, 11 November 2022, 10:18 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Farm Foresters are saying journalists and commentators need to educate themselves about the reality of plantation forestry. The FFA President, Graham West says ‘Frequent anti-pine rants on Newstalk ZB and in print media repeat the same misinformation ... More >>
Foresters Ask James Shaw If The Government Wants More Trees Or Not
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 6:08 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Foresters are saying a suggestion by Climate Change Minister James Shaw to centralise buying carbon credits in central government, and decoupling the Emissions Trading Scheme from forestry, is a message that trees are irrelevant to fighting climate ... More >>
The Folly Of The Native Forest Carbon Solution
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 9:57 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The Farm Forestry Association says anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised views, that planting native forests offer the best solution to the climate crisis, is misinformed and misleading. Association President Graham West says the ... More >>
Forestry Minister Has Strategic Leadership Opportunity In Farm Forestry
Friday, 4 February 2022, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The Farm Forestry Association says Forestry Minister, Stuart Nash, should incentivise farmers to plant more trees to combat climate change. Association President Graham West asks, “Why isn’t the government working with farmers to plant their own ... More >>
Farm Foresters Fired Up To Play A Role In Land Use Issues.
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 9:46 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Farm foresters are now excited and fully informed to play a role in helping role solve NZ land use issues says the incoming association president, Graham West. They have just completed their 5-day annual conference in Wellington and have been addressed ... More >>
Farm Foresters Fired Up To Play A Role In Land Use Issues
Monday, 29 March 2021, 6:31 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Farm foresters are now excited and fully informed to play a role in helping role solve NZ land use issues says the incoming association president, Graham West. They have just completed their 5-day annual conference in Wellington and have been addressed ... More >>
Election Forestry Policy Unnecessary
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 11:41 am | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Right now, we are in a Covid-19 recovery phase and an election year. Farmers feel good about keeping the economy going, but are challenged by climate change, freshwater regulations and afforestation. Some press releases strongly defend pastoral farming ... More >>
Last Chance to Vote in the Forest Growers Commodity Levy
Monday, 18 March 2013, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
A proposal to introduce a compulsory commodity levy on logs and other forest products at the time of harvest is presently being voted on by forest growers. The voting concludes at 5.00pm 29 March 2013. It is imperative that affected forest growers ... More >>
Trees on Farms Workshop - Reporoa
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The first Trees on Farms workshop for 2013 focuses on riparian plantings, a hot topic for the country’s dairy farmers. More >>
NZFFA Trees on Farms Workshop
Friday, 4 May 2012, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
A workshop aimed at helping Wairarapa landowners take advantage of the many benefits of planting trees as a farm management tool will be held in Carterton on 24 May. Organisers say the workshop will be a valuable opportunity to discuss tree planting ... More >>
Industry Considers Govt Response On Climate Change
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The forestry industry welcomes the package of measures announced by the Government today, recognising the sector’s significant contribution to meeting New Zealand’s climate change objectives. More >>
Government’s Kyoto policy “perverse”, says NZFFA
Monday, 21 October 2002, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The Government’s Kyoto policy package announced last week has been described as perverse by the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA), which claims its members are being unfairly punished. More >>
Farm Foresters Support New Minister
Friday, 16 August 2002, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
The president of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association, Ken Stephens, has welcomed the appointment of the Hon Jim Sutton as Minister of Forestry. More >>
