19 March 2013
No hospital in New Zealand has been built out of timber, and the Christchurch rebuild was a "game-changer" according to a leading architect.
Forestry News
Suchang buys more land in Marlborough
15 March 2013
A South Korean company, SCFNZ Ltd, which is owned by the South Korean Sunchang Corporation, has bought 1000 hectares of land in the Waihopai Valley, expanding its Marlborough forestry holdings to almost 4000 ha.
Excess nursery fertiliser can reduce mycorrhiza
14 March 2013
Research that may help nursery growers produce faster growing, more robust radiata pine seedlings has been recently published by Christchurch-based Scion microbiologist, Simeon Smaill and Katrin Walbert from the Rotorua office.
Logging debris gives Douglas-fir seedlings a leg-up
14 March 2013
The downed limbs and other woody debris that are inevitable byproducts of timber harvest could be among the most important components of post-harvest landscapes, according to a new study led by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station.Fire risk forces cuts to logging
13 March 2013
Nelson logging crews are working half days and public access to most of the region's forests is being closed as the relentlessly hot weather and spiralling fire danger continues to bite.
Research the key to profitable forests
7 March 2013
Forest owners and scientists believe forest growing can be made much more profitable. But to make it happen growers need to invest in well-targeted research.
FSC helps importers comply with EU illegal logging ban
7 March 2013
The shutters are coming down on the illegal log trade across the western world. The European Union has just made it a crime to import illegally harvested timber and wooden products into the EU, joining the United States and Australia which have similar bans.
Voting opens in forest referendum
28 February 2013
Polls in the Forest Voice referendum will be open from 1-29 March, a week longer than originally intended.
Log loading by app
26 February 2013
A new tablet app developed at Port Nelson has brought the process of logging log loading into the digital age.