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Forest owners not convinced by Peters’ Bill
Friday, 2 September 2016, 10:38 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
New Zealand forest owners are unconvinced a proposed Bill will ensure long term viability for the forest industry. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has told the New Zealand Institute of Forestry in Dunedin this week that a Bill he proposes ... More >>
Forest industry and Biosecurity Promise
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 4:18 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The Forest Owners Association believes the government is aiming in the right direction with its just announced biosecurity ambitions, but wants to see real plans to deliver on this intention. More >>
Forest portal opens … but industry concerns remain
Friday, 17 June 2016, 3:03 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
If you have a question about the environmental and social performance of plantation forestry in New Zealand, it is very likely you will find an informed answer on a new website developed by Scion. More >>
Bennett supported by forest owners at New York signing
Saturday, 16 April 2016, 8:01 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Bennett supported by forest owners at New York signing Forest owners say the formal adoption of the Paris climate change agreement in New York Friday [22 April] will potentially have great benefits for both plantation and natural forests world-wide. More >>
New forestry leader
Saturday, 16 April 2016, 7:58 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
New forestry leader Peter Clark, the chief executive officer of PF Olsen Ltd, has been elected president of the Forest Owners Association (FOA). More >>
Kinky GE laws need ironing out
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 11:06 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners say kinks in the laws covering the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to be ironed out. More >>
Forest owners: we’ll sell logs to local mills
Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 9:09 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners say they are keen to sell their logs to local mills, so long as the terms of sale match those from export markets. More >>
Meaningful carbon price is vital to future of forestry
Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 10:15 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
New Zealand’s third largest export industry, forestry, is steadily shrinking. Ministry for Primary Industries figures reveal that only 3000 hectares of new forest were planted in 2015 and that the total area of planted forest fell by 16,000 ha. More >>
Revised ETS may boost carbon forestry
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 3:32 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
“The discussion document is refreshing in its candour. It clearly states that New Zealand needs to reduce its carbon emissions and for this to happen, policy settings need to change,” says Forest Owners Association chief executive David Rhodes. “It ... More >>
Forest science awards go to Canterbury and Rotorua
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:38 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Canterbury-based researchers took home four out of five of New Zealand’s forest growing research awards at an industry dinner in Nelson last night. The recipients of the 2015 awards were: More >>
ETS targets need teeth
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 11:19 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners say the size of the government’s emissions target is not as important as the policies that support it. More >>
Forest standard will make it easier to be green
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 1:23 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest standard will make it easier to be green Forest owners say they are thrilled that a National Environmental Standard (NES) for Plantation Forestry is within sight. Environment minister Nick Smith and associate primary industries minister Jo Goodhew ... More >>
Choice of chair underlines importance of forest safety
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 9:56 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
A safety council has been set-up, chaired by Dame Alison Paterson, to make forests safer places to work. Establishing the council was a key recommendation of the Independent Forestry Safety Review Panel that reviewed forest safety in 2014. More >>
Forest owners welcome support for radiata alternatives
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 1:36 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners have welcomed government support for research into plantation species other than radiata pine. [See http://bit.ly/1PuC97Z ] More >>
Forest planting scheme hints at potential in trees
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 12:01 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners welcome the reboot of the popular Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS) announced yesterday by associate primary industries minister Jo Goodhew. More >>
Global call finds NZ forest policies wanting
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 12:11 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners and wood processors world-wide are calling for governments to recognise the role of forests and wood products in combating climate change. More >>
Don’t go down to the woods today
Wednesday, 18 February 2015, 10:47 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
With the risk of forest fire now very high or extreme in many parts of the country, the public is being cautioned not to enter plantation forests without permission. “Forest owners have stopped working in drought-affected forests or are limiting ... More >>
Forest owners ask government for ETS crisis meeting
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 4:23 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners are asking the government to call an urgent meeting of primary sector leaders and iwi to deal with the country’s greenhouse gas emissions blow-out.They say a lack of new forest planting and a looming harvest “bulge” has to be addressed. More >>
Forest Owners Welcome Labour’s Climate Initiatives
Monday, 25 August 2014, 5:43 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Labour’s proposal to set up an independent Climate Commission to advise the government on how to meet its emissions targets has been welcomed by the Forest Owners Association. More >>
The forest safety battle is not yet won
Monday, 18 August 2014, 3:35 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Point scoring in the media will not make our forests safer places to work, says the Forest Owners Association. More >>
