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NZ emission scheme should pick up Aussie ideas
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:36 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
NZ Forest Owners Association MEDIA RELEASE IMMEDIATE NZ emission scheme should pick up some Aussie ideas More >>
Let’s get the ETS right before making it law
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 9:34 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
A report highlighting the costs of delaying an emissions trading scheme (ETS) greatly understates the benefits of planting more trees, say forest owners. “The trouble is, there are still major flaws in the proposed scheme which make large-scale ... More >>
Minister’s claims of policy warning incorrect
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 3:24 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Claims by forestry minister Jim Anderton on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report yesterday that land owners were warned five years ago of potential deforestation liabilities are not correct, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association said today. More >>
Dodgy Kyoto deal creates forest mess
Monday, 12 May 2008, 2:13 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Parliament's finance and expenditure select committee has been told that the emission trading scheme has created a mess in the forest industry and investor confidence has been hit hard. More >>
Changes to Kyoto scheme "last straw"
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 4:24 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Recent changes to the government's emission trading scheme mean forestry will be the only sector in the NZ economy meeting its Kyoto obligations until 2011. More >>
Forestry summit to focus on financial performance
Friday, 11 April 2008, 5:02 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
“Improving the competitiveness of forestry’s supply chain is no longer an option – it’s absolutely essential” says Jon Dey, director of Resin Forest Engineering Research – a new company set up to focus on practical forest engineering projects ... More >>
Forest owners welcome Nats blue-green commitment
Monday, 28 January 2008, 11:03 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners have welcomed the National Party's commitment to refine the proposals outlined in its Blue-Green Vision document into policies for the 2008 general election. More >>
Anderton thanked for spray defence
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 4:42 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The NZ Forest Owners Association has thanked forestry minister Jim Anderton for his defence of the painted apple moth and the Asian gypsy moth eradication programmes. More >>
National RMA debate endorsed
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:55 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
For more information, please contact Peter Berg, tel 021 421 291 Forest owners have endorsed a call by Federated Farmers for a national debate about the Resource Management Act. NZFOA president Peter Berg says the Act is the cornerstone of ... More >>
Inaction on water plan reflects farmer inaction
Monday, 15 October 2007, 11:12 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners have complimented senior MAF official Paul Reynolds for his candid remark that the government’s Water Programme of Action was a “programme of inaction”. “Reynolds was just being honest,” says NZFOA president Peter Berg. “The programme ... More >>
Forest owners welcome new carbon market
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 9:58 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners have welcomed the establishment by TradeMe of a carbon trading market backed by a robust registry which ensures buyers and sellers can be confident about who owns the emission units being traded. “It could allow free market, ... More >>
Four storeys please forest owners
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 5:02 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners have welcomed today’s announcement by forestry minister Jim Anderton that designs for government-funded buildings up to four storeys will have to include a construction option based on timber. More >>
Forest owners welcome answers to dairy emissions
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 10:54 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Forest owners welcome answers to dairy emissions For more information, please contact Peter Berg, Tel 021 421 291 The NZ Sustainability Council report A Convenient Untruth is a welcome contribution to the climate change debate says forest owners. NZFOA ... More >>
Nats Kyoto decision helps emerging consensus
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 1:21 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The decision of the National Party to honour the Kyoto protocol is "very reassuring", given its earlier commitments to forest owners says the Forest Owners Association. More >>
Forest owners support Sambar decision
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 10:47 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The decision of conservation minister Chris Carter to relax controls on the hunting of Sambar deer in the southern North Island has been endorsed by forest owners. More >>
Gov't left behind by rising tide of Kyoto opinion
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 2:27 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The government and its officials are increasingly being left behind in the climate change debate says the NZ Forest Owners Association. More >>
Greens understand the issues, say forest owners
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 10:17 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
Yesterday’s statement from Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons reveals an excellent understanding of the main drivers of forestry investment in New Zealand, according to the NZ Forest Owners Association. More >>
National, Green & ACT forest policies welcomed
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 2:52 pm | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The NZ Forest Owners Association has called for all political parties to declare their hands on the ownership of forest carbon credits. “Earlier this week the National Party publicly stated that it supports forest owners being paid for some of the credits ... More >>
Shrinking forests a result of unfair policies
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 11:59 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The government must adopt policies which are fair to forest owners if it wants to solve its climate change policy nightmare says Forest Owners Association president Peter Berg. He was responding to the release of figures showing that the area in ... More >>
Forest industry remains united
Friday, 16 February 2007, 8:39 am | NZ Forest Owners' Association
The NZ Forest Owners Association says the forestry sector is united in its opposition to the Government’s land use climate change proposals. “Each organisation in the industry is free to respond to the proposals in its own way. But our Association, ... More >>
