25 August 2011
A review of four MAF-administered afforestation schemes recommends they should be continued in a modified form, but with greater clarity of purpose, better cost control and greater consistency between regions. It also says regional councils should use “less carrot and more stick” with land owners who continue unsustainable activities on erosion-prone land.
Forestry News
Eastland employers share drug test results
22 August 2011
The Eastland Wood Council has introduced the nation's first shared workplace drug screening database and the benefits seem to have been immediate.
KiwiRail looks at creating Waingawa logging hub
15 August 2011
The northern Wairarapa railway could be reborn as KiwiRail considers using the track to feed a Masterton-based East Coast logging hub.
Maori Party questions sale of forests overseas
11 August 2011
The Maori Party has challenged the government in Parliament over sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer.Record fine for illegal native logging
10 August 2011
A West Coast man and company have been fined more than $130,000 after admitting what the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) says is the largest recorded over-harvest of indigenous timber in New Zealand since 1993.Tasmanian agreement unsustainable
9 August 2011
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) believes the Intergovernmental Agreement on Tasmanian Forests is bound to fail. The agreement was signed on Sunday by Australian Labor prime minister Julia Gillard and Tasmanian Labor premier Lara Giddings.ETS deadlines getting closer
1 August 2011
Forests owners with 100 hectares or more of forest land registered in the ETS or the PFSI will be required to use the Field Measurement Approach (FMA) to determine the change in carbon stocks in their forests from 1 September, says MAF in issue 28 of the Sustainable Forestry Bulletin.
Peace breaks out in Tasmania
26 July 2011
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings have announced a Heads of Agreement, backed by up to $276 million, to fund the restructure of the Tasmanian logging industry.Australian Forest Products Association announces inaugural CEO
27 July 2011
The Chair of Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Linda Sewell, today announced the appointment of David Pollard as the organisation’s inaugural CEO.