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OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).

A horror story - that’s how Federated Farmers describes new research looking at forestry conversions’ impact on water quality.

Concerns about the continued spread of wilding pines are coming from both ends of the country.

SEVERAL HUNDRED hectares of one-year-old pine trees are to be mulched to make way for pasture and then herds of dairy cows. The reason: the low cost of carbon credits and the higher returns from dairying