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South Island Set To Lose $2.7 Billion
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 9:41 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The South Island could lose at least $2.7 billion and potentially up to $4.2 billion from the Government's decision to nationalise Kyoto carbon credits legitimately owned by forest owners and forestry investors, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said ... More >>
W Coast Set to Lose $148M from Carbon Credit Grab
Monday, 5 March 2007, 4:38 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The West Coast could lose at least $148 million and potentially up to $227 million from the Government's decision to nationalise carbon credits legitimately owned by forest owners and forestry investors, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Anderton Must Implement Industry Plan or Resign
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 9:51 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Today’s disastrous deforestation data demands that Forestry Minister Jim Anderton implement the New Zealand forestry industry’s six-point plan to get tree planting underway again, or resign, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Denial Doesn't Reconcile Differences With PM
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 9:20 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Forestry Minister Jim Anderton's media release this afternoon has failed to reconcile the differences between statements by the Prime Minister and his own office on assurances given to forest owners about carbon credit ownership in the 1990s, the Kyoto Forestry ... More >>
Government Divided Over Forestry Policy
Sunday, 25 February 2007, 7:24 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Prime Minister and her Forestry Minister are now at odds over basic industry facts as deforestation accelerates and the carbon credit fight moves to the industry heartland of Rotorua, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Forestry Consultation Process Descends Into Farce
Friday, 23 February 2007, 1:22 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Government’s consultation process on its controversial forestry land use policy has descended into farce with today’s release of yet another glossy so-called consultation document, this time on a proposed tradable permits scheme, the Kyoto Forestry Association ... More >>
Unprecedented Turnouts Say "No" to Confiscation
Friday, 23 February 2007, 10:00 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
An unprecedented number of forest owners and investors have turned out to MAF consultation meetings to give a unanimous "no" to Government plans to confiscate Kyoto carbon credits and impose massive new taxes on the industry, the Kyoto Forestry Association ... More >>
Northland Set To Lose $765 Million
Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 10:55 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Northland could lose at least $765 million and potentially over $1.1 billion from the Government's decision to nationalise Kyoto carbon credits legitimately owned by forest owners and forestry investors, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said ... More >>
Nelson/Marlborough To Lose $1.3 Billion
Sunday, 18 February 2007, 12:47 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Government's decision to nationalise Kyoto carbon credits legitimately owned by forest owners and forestry investors could cost the Nelson & Marlborough region at least $1.3 billion and up to $2 billion, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) ... More >>
$13,000 Retrospective Tax Sheer Idiocy
Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:10 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
"Imposing massive retrospective taxes on the one industry capable of sequestering carbon is sheer idiocy," the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Anderton Comments "Unhelpful"
Wednesday, 5 July 2006, 11:58 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Forest owners say comments by Forestry Minister Jim Anderton this afternoon on the ownership of carbon credits are unhelpful to relations between government and industry. More >>
Foresters' Ownership of Carbon Credits on Agenda
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 5:07 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) has welcomed today’s indication by Climate Change Minister David Parker that the Government will consider restoring Kyoto carbon credits to their rightful owners – the tens of thousands of New Zealanders who have risked ... More >>
Parker's Credibility on Line With Kyoto Details
Monday, 26 June 2006, 3:31 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Climate Change Minister David Parker’s credibility will be on the line when he soon provides an indication of the Government’s thinking on how best to implement the Kyoto Protocol in New Zealand, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Anderton Attack Won't Prevent Search for Solutions
Friday, 12 May 2006, 5:01 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Forestry Minister Jim Anderton’s unfortunate attack on the forestry industry in general and the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) in particular will not undermine industry unity nor its commitment to achieving constructive solutions to New Zealand’s climate ... More >>
Greens Commended for Fresh Thinking
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 2:06 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) is urging the Government and other political parties to consider seriously the Green Party’s forestry proposals outlined in its Turn Down the Heat policy document being launched today. More >>
Forestry Alone Could Bridge Kyoto Deficit
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 4:26 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Simply restoring new tree plantings to the levels achieved consistently through the 1990s could alone be enough to bridge New Zealand’s worsening Kyoto deficit, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today, on the eve of the Forest Industries ... More >>
Govt Playing Games With Forest Owners
Friday, 10 February 2006, 1:03 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Tension is rising among foresters at a Government which seems to prefer talk to action over New Zealand’s deforestation crisis, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
Parker Statement on Cap at odds with Assurances
Friday, 10 February 2006, 9:57 am | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Climate Change Minister David Parker’s statement that lifting the controversial deforestation cap is not under consideration, as reported by the New Zealand Press Association in newspapers this morning, is at odds with private assurances given by government ... More >>
Blank Canvas On Kyoto Implementation Welcomed
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:16 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
New Zealand can now get on and develop an effective way of implementing its Kyoto obligations after the new Government’s common-sense move on the carbon tax, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
KFA Goes to Montreal, Officials Seek Policy Change
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 2:44 pm | The Kyoto Forestry Association
Government officials are increasingly interested in market-based solutions as a way out of New Zealand’s Kyoto policy mess, the Kyoto Forestry Association’s Peter Weir said today. More >>
