Press Release – New Zealand Farm Forestry Association
Right now, we are in a Covid-19 recovery phase and an election year. Farmers feel good about keeping the economy going, but are challenged by climate change, freshwater regulations and afforestation. Some press releases strongly defend pastoral farming … Read more »
Press Release – NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association is startled that the new Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair is asking the government to restrict the right of farmer members to plant trees or sell their land for forestry. Recently elected Meat and Wool Chair, William … Read more »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs say they will require any conversion of highly productive farmland into forestry to have a resource consent to ensure rural communities are well supported during our economic recovery. Read more »
Press Release – Nelson City Council
Nelson City Councils Forestry Advisory Group (FAG) has made the decision to delay the harvesting of Council trees in the Brook/Codgers area until July 2021. The delay is designed to give businesses that operate in our forests some breathing space while Read more »
Press Release – Rotorua Lakes Council
Additional funding towards re-opening of Rotoruas museum and construction of a new forest visitor centre is a welcome boost as progress on these key projects continues, Mayor Steve Chadwick says. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has today … Read more »
Press Release – NZ Forest Owners Association
The Forest Owners Association says New Zealands carbon zero goal is seriously in doubt after a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Damien OConnor, that the government would need to step in if new forest planting increased to more … Read more »
Press Release – New Zealand Government
The Government is backing the forest and wood-processing industry to play a major role in New Zealands economic recovery, with the launch of the Invest in New Zealand Wood Processing prospectus to encourage wider local and offshore investment. Read more »
Press Release – Wood Resources International
Global Timber Markets There were relatively few price changes for sawlogs throughout the world in the 1Q/20 despite interruptions in trade and uncertainty in short-term lumber demand in many of the key markets. The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) remained … Read more »
Press Release – Southern Institute Of Technology
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), along with its Agricultural faculty Telford, have collaborated with Agricultural and Forestry industry groups to provide short training courses to allow people who may have lost their employment to quickly retrain … Read more »
Press Release – New Zealand Government
The Government will invest $10 million from the One Billion Trees Fund for large-scale planting to provide jobs in communities and improve the environment, Agriculture Minister Damien OConnor and Forestry Minister Shane Jones have announced. New, … Read more »
Press Release – NZ Forest Sector Forum
With the current post-lockdown focus to buy local, the NZ Forest Sector Forum is posing the question why isnt New Zealand consuming more New Zealand wood and wood products? According to MPI, approximately two-thirds of New Zealand wood … Read more »
Press Release – Statistics New Zealand
Log exports fell sharply in April 2020 after logging operations were suspended during alert level 4, but average prices per cubic metre picked up, Stats NZ said today. In contrast, dairy and fruit exports were strong despite fears of … Read more »
