New Zealand: Forestry
Forest owners might get a carbon bonus
15 Oct 2010
Forest owners could be entitled to more carbon credits than they get now if the Government adopts a new system of working out carbon sequestration levels.
New planting rules could cost forest owners
8 Oct 2010
New environmental rules for commercial forests could leave owners with a carbon liability.
Canada's $1b bonus sparks NZ forest interest
8 Oct 2010
The Canadian Government is putting up to $1 billion into forestry and bioenergy – and New Zealand forest owners want to know why.
NZ wood eyes future in Europe's buildings
17 Sep 2010
The New Zealand wood industry has a new market – environmentally concerned Europeans.
Foresters check trees for quake damage
10 Sep 2010
Foresters are heading out today to start counting the carbon cost of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Owners await NZU allocations
10 Sep 2010
Owners of pre-1990 forests have applied for NZUs, but so far none have reached the market.
Forest owners call for roadshow encore
10 Sep 2010
Government officials are considering taking their Emissions Trading Scheme roadshow on the road again – this time for the owners of post-1989 forests.
Iwi join Aussies in carbon forestry venture
27 Aug 2010
Six iwi have joined forces with an Australia carbon forestry farmer and are looking to mop up land in the Central North Island.
Govt might have to boost new plantings
20 Aug 2010
The Government should underwrite the growing of millions of forestry seedlings if it wants to meet its climate change planting goal.
Farm leader angers 'foreign-owned' foresters
30 Jul 2010
Federated Farmers have drawn the ire of foresters with a claim that “foreign-owned” forestry companies could destroy New Zealand’s rural economy by turning farmland into carbon forests.
Credits due for pre-1990 forests
30 Jul 2010
Owners of pre-1990 forests can start applying for carbon credits from Sunday.
Foresters: Farmers can't see wood for the trees
16 Jul 2010
The Emissions Trading Scheme makes farm forestry even more viable – but many farmers just don’t get it yet, says the Farm Forestry Association.
Credits market growing, says carbon pioneer
9 Jul 2010
The man who was largely responsible for owners of post-1989 forests getting ownership of their Kyoto carbon credits says the market is building.
Foresters seek timber imports safeguard
2 Jul 2010
Forest owners want New Zealand to follow the lead of the United States and require government confirmation that imported timber has been legally logged.
NZ forest credits sell to Danish Government
18 Jun 2010
The sale of a bundle of New Zealand forestry credits to the Danish Government proves there is a premium market for PFSI credits, says the man who brokered the deal.
Carbon forestry can work, say tree growers
11 Jun 2010
Carbon forestry is a viable option for land owners looking to offset farm emissions and for new income streams, say forest owners.
US climate bill key to Pacific carbon market
4 Jun 2010
A former New Zealand Government official who chaired some of the meetings at the Copenhagen climate change talks says that a move by the United States into a cap-and-trade scheme could lead to a Pacific-wide carbon market.
Clued-up investors move on forestry blocks
4 Jun 2010
Investors are moving to buy forestry blocks as interest in farming carbon grows.
NZ owners sitting pretty, says forest chief
4 Jun 2010
A “perfect storm” may be brewing for the forest sector, says Forest Owners' chief executive David Rhodes.
Ministry clears up status of carbon brokers
14 May 2010
It’s a case of buyer – or, in this case, seller – beware.
Forest owner pockets second round of millions
7 May 2010
A New Zealand forest owner has once again netted itself millions of dollars from the sale of New Zealand forestry Kyoto credits.
We'd sue Government, say forest owners
30 Apr 2010
The Government would face big compensation claims from forest owners if it scrapped or delayed the emissions trading scheme.
Why farming chief is turning his back on $30,000
16 Apr 2010
Federated Farmers boss Don Nicolson says he’s not interested in claiming carbon credits for his forest.
ETS delay comes at a cost, warn foresters
9 Apr 2010
Delaying the emissions trading scheme would cost the country more in the long run, say forest owners.
Forest owners flood ministry with returns
9 Apr 2010
The number of forest owners filing carbon emissions returns is up ten-fold on last year.
Land lies idle as foresters fear conversion
26 Mar 2010
Thousands of hectares of recently deforested land is lying fallow because under the emissions trading scheme owners can’t afford to convert it to other uses.
Insurer backs off forest-damage protection
19 Mar 2010
Insurer NZI has put on hold plans to offer forest owners protection against accidental carbon loss while it waits for the carbon market to bed in.
EXCLUSIVE: Why it's not worth planting trees
12 Mar 2010
A consultant is calling on the Government to underwrite the risk of accidental harvest of trees and to guarantee forest owners a minimum price for carbon under the emissions trading scheme.
Foresters begin to see wood for the trees
5 Mar 2010
Forest owners hope that they will soon have clarity around the way in which carbon credits will be allocated for pre-1990 forests.
Burning southern forest shows up carbon risk
26 Feb 2010
A forest fire burning near Dunedin is highlighting the risk of natural disasters to carbon.
Have your say on forest credits allocations
26 Feb 2010
Submissions open today on the way in which carbon credits will be allocated for pre-1990 forests.
Carbon changes face of forest economics, says scientist
12 Feb 2010
Factoring carbon into forest finances dramatically alters economic viability, according to research by one of the founders of the emissions trading scheme.
City forester trebles profits with sale of credits
5 Feb 2010
A forestry company has sold Kyoto carbon credits for three times the amount of its 2009 profit.
Mighty River wants more after Maori carbon deal
5 Feb 2010
Mighty River Power is looking for carbon deals with more land owners after signing an historic agreement with a Maori incorporation.
Copenhagen time running out, says forester
11 Dec 2009
The Copenhagen climate change conference must make progress on land use and land change issues by this weekend, says the chief executive of the New Zealand Forest Owners' Association.
Forest owners gear up to sell Kyoto credits
11 Dec 2009
Forest owners are making moves to start selling this year’s Kyoto credits as market interest picks up.
Forester: Our credits attracting world interest
4 Dec 2009
A company which has already sold millions of dollars of worth of New Zealand forestry credits says there is strong international interest in the units.
At last, the forestry show can hit the road
4 Dec 2009
A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry road show to explain to the emissions trading scheme to forest owners is about to hit the road – a year later than planned.
Greens see jobs aplenty in carbon storage bonanza
4 Dec 2009
New Zealand can create thousands of jobs and store millions of tonnes of carbon, according to new research from the Green Party.
Treasury says it hasn't got Kyoto accounts wrong
13 Nov 2009
Treasury is disputing a claim that it has failed to include liabilities for future forestry harvesting in New Zealand’s Kyoto accounts.
Japan casts keen eye on NZ forest credits
23 Oct 2009
Interest in New Zealand’s forestry credits is growing in Japan, says the company involved in the first international sale of the units.
Smith: No costings on deal with Maori
9 Oct 2009
The Government has no official costings of its ETS deal with the Maori Party, Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith says.
How trees can give us fuel freedom ... and 'plastic' bonanza
9 Oct 2009
Trees could give New Zealand total energy independence and a burgeoning bio-plastics industry to boot, says Scion.
Domestic NZUs price likely to settle at $23 a tonne, says trader
2 Oct 2009
The domestic market for New Zealand Units is likely to settle around $23 a tonne if the Government’s cap on prices goes ahead, says a leading trader.
Planting season lost, but foresters cling to hopes
4 Sep 2009
The forestry industry is cautiously optimistic about the future of the emissions trading scheme – despite the fact that political delays mean that this year’s seed-planting season has been missed.
Cap-and-ban could kill carbon market, warns broker
14 Aug 2009
An artificial cap on carbon prices and a ban on international sales of New Zealand credits will effectively kill the development of the carbon market, says trader Nigel Brunel.
Tree-planting key to meeting target, says expert
10 Aug 2009
New Zealand can achieve a significant proportion of its 2020 emission reduction target by planting trees – and generate $375m a year in carbon credits, says a forestry expert.
Hands off price and trade ties, foresters tell Government
7 Aug 2009
Government interference in the price of carbon or the international trade in NZUs would drive investors from the forestry sector and kneecap any prospect of new forestry planting, the industry says.
Carbon potential huge, says multi-million dollar seller
31 Jul 2009
The man behind a multi-million dollar sale of New Zealand forestry credits to Europe says that carbon is potentially a major export and could make up to 80 per cent of forestry company revenue.
Nature is not an economic handbrake: Environmental Defence Society
Fri 16 May 2025
Nature is not a handbrake on economic growth – the two must go hand in hand, attendees heard on the final day of the Environmental Defence Society’s Dollars and Sense conference this week.
Methanex closure comes early this year
Wed 14 May 2025
The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.
Climate-denying farming groups attack govt’s methane strategy
Fri 16 May 2025
A trio of farming groups is claiming that a survey shows 95% of farmers have rejected the government’s methane strategy.
NZ could ditch 8 million fossil fuel machines right now to slash emissions
7 May 2025
The majority of the country’s ten million fossil fuel machines could be replaced cost-effectively with electric equivalents right now, new research from Rewiring Aotearoa has revealed.
Air New Zealand announces less ambitious emissions ‘guidance’
2 May 2025
Air New Zealand has published its first “emissions guidance,” saying it expects to reduce net “well-to-wake” greenhouse gas emissions from jet fuel by 20-25% by 2030, from a 2019 baseline.
FMA exemption grants compliance relief to climate reporters
7 May 2025
The Financial Markets Authority has signed off on new exemptions giving climate-reporting entities a break from some of their compliance duties.
