Displaying items by tag: forest

Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:59

What’s your favourite plant?

Forest owners are urging people to vote for tōtara as plant of the year in a poll being conducted by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 03 April 2019 09:53

Foresters not so happy

Forestry owners oppose the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s proposal to limit forestry offsets to agriculture.

Published in General News
Friday, 18 November 2016 10:58

Forest industry fears emerging forest disease

A disease which is devastating trees in the Western United States and Europe is a major threat to New Zealand plantations and ornamental trees, should it ever arrive here.

Published in General News
Thursday, 03 March 2016 15:35

Kinky GE laws need ironing out

Forest owners say kinks in the laws covering the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to be ironed out.

Published in General News

Forest operations will continue in Nelson and Marlborough forests during summer, except when the fire risk is at its highest.

Published in General News
Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:27

National forest surveillance goes to vote

All forest plantations will be brought into a nationwide forest health surveillance scheme if next month's referendum of forest growers is successful.

Published in General News
Monday, 04 February 2013 10:29

Fines for illegal forest harvesting

Rotorua forestry company and a Coromandel forestry contractor have been fined more than $50,000 in total for carrying out forest harvesting unlawfully at a remote Coromandel farm.

Published in General News
Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:39

Wood industry transformation

The forest and wood processing industries are pushing forward with a strategy to transform the sector.

Published in General News
Friday, 30 March 2012 11:48

Small fall in forestry earnings

A developing oversupply of logs in China and continuing currency pressure has resulted in a small fall in New Zealand forestry export earnings for the latest quarter.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:40

Compulsory log levy proposal from NZFOA

FOREST AND woodlot owners could face a compulsory levy when they harvest and sell timber.

Published in General News

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