Forestry News

10 December 2012

The report of a forestry reference group set up by the Gisborne District Council to look at slash in waterways says no changes are needed in the district plan for plantation forestry at present.

7 December 2012

About nine o'clock in the evening on 12 February seven years ago, Vladimir Baranov was killed by gunmen on the doorstep of his house --  the culmination of a dispute with illegal loggers.

5 December 2012

MP for Rotorua Todd McClay today launched the Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Forest Operations at the Forest Industry Contractors Association ‘Big Day Out’ conference in Rotorua.

3 December 2012

The Automobile Association and the Log Truck Safety Council say log truck accidents have not been an issue in 2012. However, misreporting by the news media has given the opposite impression.

27 November 2012

Fulton Hogan has got Overseas Investment Office approval to sell forestry estates in Otago to Forestry Fund 9 NZ, a subsidiary of global investment manager GMO. The conditional sale of 3013 ha of forestry land was agreed in June.

15 November 2012

New Zealand's plantation forestry estate represents a major opportunity for New Zealand to become more self-sufficient in transport fuels. That's the conclusion of the latest report from the Pure Advantage business lobby group seeking support for a "green growth" push in New Zealand.

13 November 2012

Climate Change Minister Tim Groser today announced the Government’s intention to commence consultation on excluding specific types of international Kyoto units from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

12 November 2012

More than 4000 hectares of Marlborough land has been sold during the past two months as Asian timber processors move to secure log supplies.