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New Zealand: Forestry

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Forestry rule changes could jeopardise net zero target: Forest Owners Assoc

24 Feb 2022

CABINET has approved changes to the Overseas Investment Act that will make it harder for overseas buyers to convert farmland to forestry, a move the Forest Owners Association says could jeopardise the country’s Net Zero target.

Deadwood releasing 10.9 gigatons of carbon every year

21 Sep 2021

Decaying wood releases around 10.9 gigatons of carbon worldwide every year, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.

Proving that taking care of forest pays carbon dividends

18 Feb 2021

New Zealand’s vast native forests may yet help the country meet its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement.

WELLINGTON: Should we hold 'em?

8 Dec 2020

Greater Wellington Regional Council will debate today whether it should sell millions of dollars worth of carbon credits or hold them and wait for prices to go higher.

Norway hikes cash for rainforests, seeking corporate help to slow losses

26 Nov 2020

Norway is doubling the price it guarantees developing nations to keep their tropical forests standing, in a step to slow catastrophic losses and encourage big companies to invest far more in nature to combat climate change.

Carbon farming makes space for native forests

23 Nov 2020

One of New Zealand biggest carbon farmers say New Zealand can have its carbon cake and eat it too.

Climate crisis finds ample answers in world’s trees

18 Nov 2020

The great climate change challenge should consider the world’s trees.

Forestry’s climate impact ‘invisible’ under UN rules, experts say

23 Oct 2020

Forests are the planet’s biggest carbon “sink” – absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit – but their contribution to cooling the earth’s climate is currently not fully accounted for under UN rules, experts say.

Biorefinery boost to forestry

9 Oct 2020

A venture pushing to develop a $160 million biorefinery near Gisborne believes the project can help fill a long-standing gap in the country’s forestry research sector.

CARBON FORESTS: First, prove there's a problem, says Parker

18 Sep 2020

Details of the Government’s response to concerns about farmland being converted to carbon forests are starting to emerge.

Restoring forests can reduce greenhouse gases

24 Aug 2020

There is one straightforward way to reduce greenhouse gases: by taking better care of the world’s natural forests.

OPINION: NZ pellet industry is clean

16 Jul 2020

Bioenergy Association chief executive Brian Cox responds to claims that burning wood pellets is bad for the environment.

Phil Taylor

We'll need more building wood, say growers

7 Jul 2020

A push to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the construction sector will inevitably lead to more wood in buildings, forest owners say.

Grant Dodson

No carbon-zero without new forests

23 Jun 2020

Government suggestions that it will limit forestry conversions to 40,000 hectares a year could prevent the country being carbon-neutral by 2050, forest owners says.

Forest owners want tax on burning of coal

27 Feb 2020

Forest owners are calling for a $200-a-tonne tax on the burning of coal and the implementation of the Government’s promised “wood-first” policy.

AI to monitor deforestation

5 Feb 2020

Artificial intelligence is being used to measure forest – and carbon – loss in New Zealand.

Give us a choice, foresters tell Parliament

4 Feb 2020

The owners of forests already in the Emissions Trading Scheme should be able to choose whether to switch to a new form of carbon accounting, MPs have heard.

Foresters query claims over dairy land sales

4 Nov 2019

Forest owners are challenging claims that vast areas of productive farmland are being turned into carbon forests by foreign investors.

Logging study reveals huge hidden emissions

13 Sep 2019

The wood industry is a massive source of uncounted carbon emissions, according to a pioneering study.

Govt expects $7b windfall from new forestry rules

11 Sep 2019

The move to new forestry carbon accounting rules will earn the Government $7 billion over the next 30 years.

It's time to file post-89 forestry returns

28 Jun 2019

Carbon forestry returns for post-1989 are due this weekend – and officials are urging people to get them right.

App tracks deforestation - as it happens

14 Jun 2019

A new website allows companies to track deforestation in their supply chains as it happens, with campaigners urging more effort to stop it.

‘Forest restoration’ puts climate targets at risk

11 Apr 2019

Implementing current pledges of forest restoration under the Bonn Challenge will mean the 1.5deg climate goal is still missed, a new analysis says.

New forestry rules will adopt 'averaging' system

28 Mar 2019

New Zealand will adopt an “averaging” system of carbon accounting for forests, meaning owners will no longer have to measure and report on the amount of carbon being stored or face a carbon liability when trees are harvested.

Second iwi wants inclusion of older forests

1 Feb 2019

Another major iwi is pushing for tradable carbon credits for a much wider range of forests – and says dairy farmers should be liable for emissions from their businesses.

Government releases new forestry rules

20 Dec 2018

The Government has released further details of changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme’s forestry rules.

Forestry boom turns Ireland into an ecological dead zone

12 Oct 2018

Sponsored conifer plantations now cover hundreds of hectares of what once was rich farmland in Ireland, smothering the landscape and driving out endangered wildlife.

New forestry rules will boost planting, says Govt

11 Sep 2018

Changing forrestry accounting rules under the Emissions Trading Scheme is expected to lead to the planting of 102 million trees in new forests by 2030.

Farmers want clear carbon price guides

15 Aug 2018

Farmers want to know what range carbon prices will be over five-year periods, the Farm Forestry Association says.

Bulk of PNG export timber illegally logged

31 Jul 2018

Millions of tonnes of illegally logged Papua New Guinea timber are being exported to China and from there to the world as finished wood products, a new report has revealed.

Taxpayers could be left holding carbon bill

26 Jul 2018

Owners of post-1989 forests due for harvest might be tempted to arbitrage carbon credits, leaving taxpayers with the bill and driving liquidity out of the carbon market.

At last, we get to see proposed ETS forestry rules

11 Jun 2018

The Government has finally released some of its proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme’s forestry rules – but the sector won’t see the rest until the end of the year.

Northland iwi kicks off Billion Trees planting

31 May 2018

The first deal has been done under the Government’s Billion Trees programme.

Government pumps $15m into new forest service

11 May 2018

The Government will set aside an extra $15 million in next week’s Budget to boost the capacity of the new forestry fervice.

The wood world's talking about the Jones boy

22 Mar 2018

The wood industry is in love with its new forestry minister.

Foresters like the look of Billion Trees scheme

26 Feb 2018

Forest owners say they are starting to think the Government is serious about forestry.

OIO cutting rights role wrong move, say foresters

23 Jan 2018

Giving the Overseas Investment Office approval of the sale of forestry cutting rights will jeopardise the Government’s billion trees plan, forest owners say.

Mixed forests may not resist climate change

5 Dec 2017

Researchers have confirmed once again that a good forest is a mixed forest, a natural one, with a diversity of species.

AirNZ eyes paying landowners to plant trees

22 Nov 2017

Air New Zealand wants to set up a private afforestation scheme under the Emissions Trading Scheme to offset some of its greenhouse gas emissions.

TREE TALK: Why we need a better forest philosophy

9 Nov 2017

On November 6, 1217, Henry III’s Charter of the Forest gave ordinary English people back their traditional rights to use royal hunting grounds for livestock grazing and collecting firewood.

Forests can bring 1.5deg Paris target closer

3 Nov 2017

Protecting the world’s forests could achieve a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed to meet the 1.5°C Paris target, scientists say.

Peter Clark

Government planting target OK, say forest owners

27 Oct 2017

The Government’s plan to plant an extra 50,000 hectares of new forest a year is “optimistic but achievable”, say forest owners.

High land prices key blocker to forest planting

7 Sep 2017

New Zealand won’t get more carbon-sequestering forests until land prices fall.

Greens want high-end wood products industry

5 Sep 2017

The Green Party wants a regional research institute to develop high-value wood products as part of a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Foresters hope next government will vote for trees

31 Aug 2017

Forest owners are hoping next month’s general election will lead to more forestry-friendly government policies – especially if New Zealand First is in the driving seat.

Fund wants to see 5283ha of new forest

10 Aug 2017

The Government’s reinstated Afforestation Grants Scheme will fund 5283 hectares of new forest this year.

Peter Weir

Foresters greet environmental standards move

8 Aug 2017

The introduction of a national environmental standard for plantation forestry is vitally needed, forest owners say.

Using forests to manage carbon still a heated debate

4 Aug 2017

The best way of managing trees and forests for climate change and accounting for contributions of forests and forestry activities in carbon budgets remains hotly contested.

PICKY PROBLEM: What makes a carbon forest?

3 Aug 2017

The regeneration of vast areas of carbon-storing native forests is being hampered by “pickiness” over the definition of carbon forests.

Dr Suzi Kerr

Foresters fine, but the ETS has some problems

2 Aug 2017

The forestry sector has behaved rationally in response to the Emissions Trading Scheme - but the scheme itself hasn’t always been rational, a new analysis shows.

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'Back-to-basics' approach for councils ignores climate risk

Fri 11 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While ACT is standing local government candidates to oppose councils' attempts to manage emissions and ministers are calling for local authorities to 'get back to basics' - or even suggesting scrapping regional councils altogether - one expert says this narrative is putting communities at risk in the face of climate change.

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Fast, sustained phase-out of fossil fuels: best-performing countries in coal and transport sectors

Thu 10 Jul 2025

By Robert McLachlan | It’s true that climate change is getting worse – it will continue to get worse until emissions fall to near zero. But is action on phasing out fossil fuels really stalling?

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Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

Mon 7 Jul 2025

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

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Mangroves' overlooked climate role

30 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand’s mangrove forests are pulling tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year, yet their climate benefits remain unrecognised in national emissions reporting.

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How flying can be a climate solution

16 Jun 2025

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?

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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

Tue 8 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | NZ Post has dropped its science-based emissions reduction target of 42% by 2030 with no plans to replace it.

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