07 Sept 2009
Grant Dodson, chair of the Southern Wood Council, says it's pleasing to see the importance of new forest plantations recognised by the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). He believes Otago and Southland are particularly well positioned because they have ideal growing conditions for Douglas-fir, a longer-rotation tree species that can produce up to twice the standing volume of timber when compared to Radiata pine, and therefore has the potential to absorb twice the amount of carbon.