New Zealand: Forestry
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.
NZ to target forest offsets issue in Denmark
17 Jul 2009
The Government is set to go in all guns blazing for the forestry sector at the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
Forester forges link with carbon manager
14 Jul 2009
A collaboration between a forestry firm and a carbon-market operator is providing a model for a field and trading room partnership.
Hard-up Harvard eyes sale of NZ forests
7 Jul 2009
The carbon-sequestering Central North Island forests owned by Harvard University could be up for sale.
Rules change, but forest owners still obligated
3 Jul 2009
Forest owners are still under obligation to surrender emissions units to meet deforestation liabilities – despite Parliament delaying reporting dates.
Goverment needs to wake up, say foresters
3 Jul 2009
The new forestry deadlines established by the Government this week amount to “fiddling while Rome burns,” say foresters.
Forest owners notch Copenhagen victory
26 Jun 2009
New Zealand forest owners have managed to get offsetting and recognition of the capacity of wood products to store carbon into a key document leading up to December’s climate change talks in Copenhagen.
Government inaction worries foresters
26 Jun 2009
Foresters are anxious about the Government’s refusal to comment on its plans to develop market access for forestry credits.
ETS 'alienates' Maori forest land, says MP
26 Jun 2009
The emissions trading scheme effectively alienates Maori land ownership by putting an encumbrance over Maori land, says the Maori Party.
Carter quiet on potential of forest carbon credits
16 Jun 2009
Forestry Minister David Carter doesn’t want to talk about the potential for New Zealand forest owners to sell carbon credits to other countries – nor what the Government is doing to help them.
US forests stand crucial for NZ growers
16 Jun 2009
The United States’ stand on forestry offsetting is being closely watched and could be hugely beneficial to New Zealand.
World first as Japan buys NZ carbon credits
12 Jun 2009
New Zealand forestry-based carbon credits have been sold to Japan.
Where are our carbon credits, asks tribal group
12 Jun 2009
Emissions trading has been a long time coming for Ngâti Porou Whanui Forests.
NZUs should be staggered, says trading group
12 Jun 2009
The issuing of carbon credits to forest owners should be staggered through the year, rather than in one lump a year, says Environmental Intermediaries and Trading Group.
US trading plans excite NZ forest owners
9 Jun 2009
Moves to include international forestry offsets in America’s plans for a clean-energy economy will be a boon for New Zealand forest owners.
Huge boost in wood, says report
5 Jun 2009
An increase in wood availability after 2016 for the Southern North Island will lead to increased opportunities for the sector, say the authors of the latest wood availability forecast report.
Forestry owners plead for level playing field
2 Jun 2009
New Zealand forest owners say investment in forestry world-wide is being inhibited by policies designed to dampen the effects of the economic recession and to counter climate change.
Beware of 'carbon cowboys', foresters warned
29 May 2009
“Carbon cowboys” with no forestry knowledge are looking to make a quick buck from carbon trading at the expense of forest owners, says Environmental Intermediaries and Trading Group founder Richard Hayes.
Uncertainty means forest industry taking a beating
26 May 2009
The forestry sector will take years to recover from the impacts of recent policy uncertainty, says forestry consultant Roger Dickie.
Suspending ETS punishes forestry, says grower
19 May 2009
Suspending the emissions trading scheme would mean the forestry sector isn’t rewarded for the work it is doing on climate change, says Forest Enterprises’ managing director Steve Wilton.
ETS will close mills, warn wood processors
28 Apr 2009
The emissions trading scheme will force mill closures and have a catastrophic impact on rural communities, says the Wood Processors' Association.
Forestry sector has date with ETS review
24 Apr 2009
Forestry sector submissions will be heard by the emissions trading scheme review committee on Monday.
Forest industry fears carbon deficit blow-out
21 Apr 2009
Normal levels of forest harvesting could trigger a post-2018 carbon deficit blow-out unless action is taken soon, says an informed industry source.
Forest owners in plea for more tree-planting
17 Apr 2009
The state of New Zealand’s net greenhouse gas emissions reinforces the need for the Government to do more to encourage new forest planting to avoid future problems, says the Forest Owners' Association.
Happy forest owners now look for better NZUs price
24 Mar 2009
Foresters greeted the first sale of NZUs with keen interest but are looking for an improved price, says Earnslaw One environment manager Peter Weir.
World gets interested in our forestry NZUs
17 Mar 2009
International interest is growing in New Zealand forestry units.
Greens call for forest industry to diversify
17 Mar 2009
Forestry and Biosecurity Minister David Carter addresses the International Biosecurity Conference in Rotorua this morning amidst calls for New Zealand to diversify its forest plantation species to make it less vulnerable to catastrophic forest losses caused by biosecurity breaches.
Foresters: We've had enough of uncertainty
10 Mar 2009
The forestry industry says the Government should ignore calls to abandon the emissions trading scheme in favour of alternatives such as Business NZ’s proposed low-level all-gases tax or levy on every unit of emissions.
Credit freeze forces foresters to stall harvests
6 Mar 2009
A bank freeze on credit - especially on letters of credit - is prompting forestry owners to keep their trees in the ground because they cannot find the cash to export them.
Foresters might end milling to earn carbon credits
3 Mar 2009
Central Districts forestry interests are considering leaving their trees in the ground long term, instead of milling them, so that they earn forestry credits, especially from Europe.
Confused foresters lament lack of Government direction
27 Feb 2009
New Zealand forest owners will soon be able to claim AAUs for carbon sequestered last year, but a lack of clarity over Government policy means the country unlikely to see a flurry of carbon-market activity.
First bio-oil plant offers boost for foresters
10 Feb 2009
New Zealand’s first wood-to-bio-oil plant will open next month – and backers say it has the potential to vastly increase forest profitability while saving the climate.
Forest owners close to getting first NZUs
3 Feb 2009
New Zealand forest owners will receive their first NZUs next month.
Council targets marginal land for forest planting
3 Feb 2009
The Greater Wellington Regional Council is to press for intensified forestry in its area - especially in the 110,000ha of marginal hill country in the Wairarapa.
Deforestation returns running late
30 Jan 2009
Deforestation returns for pre-1990 forests close tomorrow, but many will be late.
ETS a ‘broken paradigm’ undercutting biodiversity efforts
Mon 25 Aug 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Pure Advantage is calling on the government to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme, with a new policy briefing saying that New Zealand’s offset-heavy approach is a “broken paradigm” undermining biodiversity and shifting risk to communities.
Meridian Energy considers green bond offer
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Meridian Energy is considering making an offer of up to $250 million of 6.5 year unsecured, unsubordinated, fixed rate green bonds to institutional and New Zealand retail investors.
International scientists slam NZ govt's proposed approach to methane
13 Aug 2025
New Zealand's proposed approach to methane emissions has again been attacked by international climate scientists, with a new study saying the attempt to redefine climate target-setting by livestock-exporting countries undermines the transition to a sustainable and equitable food system
Dry winter pushed up Spark’s emissions
Thu 21 Aug 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Increased use of coal and natural gas to generate electricity in the last year caused a spike in scope 1 and 2 emissions reported by telecommunications operator Spark NZ.
Fund for low emissions transport winds up
31 Jul 2025
New Zealand’s Low Emission Transport Fund has officially wrapped up, ending a nine-year programme that put hundreds of millions of dollars towards accelerating the country’s shift to cleaner transport.
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