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Carbon price rules a lost opportunity for forest owners
Monday, 9 December 2013, 12:41 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The government has clarified what units will be permitted in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2015, but this does nothing to stimulate action to reduce the nation’s net greenhouse gas emissions, says the Forest Owners Association. More >>
Forest owners ask critics to help
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 4:12 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners are asking politicians, unionists and commentators to help them solve the industry's safety crisis and to stop making political capital out of tragedy. More >>
Forest owners endorse criticism of ETS changes
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 5:02 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners have endorsed the strong criticisms made by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment of proposed changes to the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>
Government safety help welcomed by forest owners
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 5:55 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association welcomes the boost in government funding and support for workplace health and safety improvement. More >>
Wood chips offer clean green energy security
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 10:35 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Major industries, hotels, hospitals and large schools in the central North Island should be seriously considering forest residues as an energy source, say forest owners. In the wake of the rupture of the northern pipeline from the Maui gas field both ... More >>
Benefits of genetically modified pine
Friday, 8 October 2010, 10:02 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Scion Senior Scientist and Leader of its Future Forests team, Christian Walter, will speak about the Crown Research Institute’s trials with genetically modified (GM) Pinus Radiata at a major forestry industry gathering in Wellington next week. The ... More >>
Time To Shut The Door On Illegal Wood Imports
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 4:27 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The government needs to urgently adopt measures to prevent products from illegally logged forests being sold in New Zealand, says the Forest Owners Association. More >>
Govt commended for ETS stand
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 5:30 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
For more than two years forest owners have been bound by the emission trading scheme. Although this has caused difficulties for many of them, they say unwinding the scheme now would be hugely complex and costly. It would also undoubtedly reduce interest ... More >>
Dope-Seed Importers Should Be Potted
Monday, 19 April 2010, 3:20 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners are deeply concerned to hear that Customs doesn’t bother to prosecute many people who illegally import cannabis seeds. “Former forestry minister Jim Anderton is right on the button. There should be a nil tolerance for cannabis importers." More >>
Bio-fuel levy the "last straw" for forest owners
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 5:12 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
A government decision to make big companies pay for some of their greenhouse gas emissions when using wood pellets and other biofuels is seen as the last straw by many in the forest industry. “The rest of the developed world is desperately trying ... More >>
Forestry leader wins international award
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:53 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest Owners Association president Peter Berg has been honoured by the Commonwealth Forestry Association. Mr Berg was presented with the association’s 2009 South East Asia and Pacific Regional Award of Excellence by Minister of Forests David Carter ... More >>
Beefed-up border biosecurity welcomed
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 5:28 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
The government decision to profile international visitors so that biosecurity measures are targeted at those who pose the greatest threat has been welcomed by the Forest Owners Association. “The resources available for border protection are finite, ... More >>
Forest owners concerned at high interest rates
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 5:33 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
Unacceptably high bank interest rates are putting the owners of small to medium-sized forests under increasing financial pressure. “It is a disappointing that the Reserve Bank has chosen not to cut the official cash rate (OCR) today. A reduction would ... More >>
Forest Industry Seeks Urgent Talks On ETS
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 8:50 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners are seeking an urgent meeting with government ministers to discuss the impact of the freezing of the emission trading scheme (ETS). More >>
Forest owners seek international help to fix Kyoto
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 11:39 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
New Zealand plantation forest owners are working closely with their overseas counterparts to make carbon forestry a more practical proposition. More >>
Fewer trees unless govt changes policies
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 10:52 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Major flaws in New Zealand’s land-use policies will become more obvious as the world food crisis grows, says the NZ Forest Owners Association. More >>
Key needs to come clean on trees
Monday, 19 May 2008, 11:58 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Forest owners say National Party leader John Key needs to clarify what will happen to forestry if the legislation on a proposed emission trading scheme gets delayed until 2009. More >>
Positive not punitive approach needed on planting
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 1:35 pm | NZ Forest Owners Association
If New Zealand wants more forests to be planted, it must allow those who plant trees to benefit from the environmental services they provide to society. More >>
Forest owners identify big transport savings
Friday, 25 January 2008, 10:58 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
There is a big potential to improve the efficiency and productivity of public highways says NZFOA chief executive David Rhodes. He was commenting on the recent release of a report that identifies the significant advantages enjoyed by the Australian ... More >>
Bigger Trucks Offer Big Benefits
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 10:23 am | NZ Forest Owners Association
Bigger Trucks Offer Big Benefits Forest owners have welcomed the Cabinet decision to investigate whether heavier vehicles should be allowed to use selected roads and highways. More >>
