NZ Forest Owners Association - Latest News [Page 2]
Forest Owners Pledge Support In Budget Measures To Assist Economic Recovery
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 7:26 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says it’s keen to work with government and with the rest of the primary industries to implement government investment aimed at reviving the economy after the COVID-19 crisis. The President, Phil Taylor, says forestry ... More >>
Forest Owners Urge Caution About Back To Work This Week
Sunday, 26 April 2020, 7:44 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association President Phil Taylor is cautioning foresters about jumping the gun getting back to work on Tuesday after the lockdown, and that health and safety on the forest work site goes well beyond the COVID-19 protocol observance. ... More >>
Forest Industry Back To Work
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 6:46 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says its members and the supply chain are gearing up to meet the challenge of getting back to work on Tuesday 28 April, working within the health and safety provisions of Alert Level-3. The forest industry was deemed ... More >>
More Wood Use In New Zealand Would Help Environment And Reduce Market Pressure In China
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 6:48 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says the government should be looking at more wood use in New Zealand, which would have environment and trade benefits. The Association President, Peter Weir says it’s time the government turned the negative log market ... More >>
Wharves In China Can’t Take More Logs From New Zealand
Monday, 24 February 2020, 7:58 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Wharves in China can’t take more logs from New Zealand Lack of space in Chinese ports is bringing a virtual halt to New Zealand log exports to China. The Forest Owners Association says precautions in China against coronavirus have resulted in ... More >>
China FTA upgrade will assist processed timber exports
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 1:15 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says the just announced phased reduction of tariffs for wood and paper exports to China will assist in a long term realigning of New Zealand exports into more further processed timber products. More >>
Foresters welcome risk based Standards for freshwater
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 8:32 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest Owners Association President, Peter Weir says Forest Owners and Farm Foresters welcome the opportunity to join the national conversation on freshwater management and he urges members of both associations to study the exposure draft of the new ... More >>
PCE Report needs clarity from government
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 4:56 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest Owners want clarity for what New Zealand plantation forestry is expected to deliver on climate change targets. More >>
Report heralds massive land conversion to forestry
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 12:16 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners say the Productivity Commission’s call for up to 2.8 million hectares of land to be turned into forests as a carbon sink would require implementing the most ambitious land-use change project a New Zealand government has ever set itself. More >>
Emissions Trading Scheme revisions timely and necessary
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 5:28 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners are calling the proposed revisions to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) both timely and necessary if New Zealand is to hope to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets. More >>
Trees for steep erosion prone land report released
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 5:10 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
A report on alternative plantation forest species is now available on the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association website detailing the characteristics of a wide variety of tree species that are suited to steep erosion prone land and which have root structures ... More >>
Forest owners vow to deal with forest harvest slash
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 11:30 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest Owners say the industry is focused on measures to make sure a repeat of the recent floods transporting harvest debris out of forests and into Tolaga Bay isn’t repeated 25 years from now. More >>
Forest industry reputation damaged
Monday, 28 May 2018, 9:24 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
The successful prosecution of a forest management company by the Marlborough District Council has been endorsed by the Forest Owners Association. More >>
Advisory group has the right mix for huge land use challenge
Friday, 11 May 2018, 12:08 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association President Peter Weir says Shane Jones’ just announced Advisory group has the right mix of forest industry background and experience to take the industry forward into potentially vast expansion in the decades ahead. More >>
Climate Change Panel a good first step
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 12:25 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest Owners says the just announced appointment of an Interim Climate Change Panel is a good first step towards setting up a Climate Change Commission. More >>
Consultation starts on fumigant to replace methyl bromide
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 9:41 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
A significant milestone has been reached in replacing methyl bromide as the standard fumigant for export logs and timber. More >>
Crown Forestry a good start to get to tree targeget
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 2:32 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says a just announced new government mandate for Crown Forestry is the best way to start reaching the government’s goal of seeing a billion trees planted over ten years. More >>
More trees optimistic but achievable
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 10:12 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
More trees optimistic but achievable Forest owners say they are looking forward to working with the new Minister of Forests Shane Jones to meet what forest owners call a huge challenge to double the annual forest planting rate. Forest Owners Association ... More >>
Valuable years lost for forestry
Friday, 20 October 2017, 3:17 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says the priority put on new forest plantings by New Zealand First entering the coalition presents an enormous challenge to the new government and industry alike. More >>
Post-election government must put greater focus on forestry
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 3:50 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The forest industry says the government after the election needs to put a much greater focus on forestry and suggestions just made by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters lead in that direction, particularly direct government planting, either on its own ... More >>