Forestry Archive

Deadwood releasing 10.9 gigatons of carbon every year

21 Sep 21 - 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 21 - 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 20 - 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 20 - 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...

Carbon farming makes space for native forests

23 Nov 20 - 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 20 - The great climate change challenge should consider the world’s trees.

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

23 Oct 20 - 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...

Biorefinery boost to forestry

9 Oct 20 - 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 20 - 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 20 - 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 20 - Bioenergy Association chief executive Brian Cox responds to claims that burning wood pellets is bad for the environment.

We'll need more building wood, say growers

7 Jul 20 - A push to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the construction sector will inevitably lead to more wood in buildings, forest owners say.

No carbon-zero without new forests

23 Jun 20 - 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 20 - 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 20 - Artificial intelligence is being used to measure forest – and carbon – loss in New Zealand.

Give us a choice, foresters tell Parliament

4 Feb 20 - 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 19 - 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 19 - 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 19 - 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 19 - Carbon forestry returns for post-1989 are due this weekend – and officials are urging people to get them right.

14 Jun 19  App tracks deforestation - as it happens

11 Apr 19  ‘Forest restoration’ puts climate targets at risk

28 Mar 19  New forestry rules will adopt 'averaging' system

1 Feb 19  Second iwi wants inclusion of older forests

20 Dec 18  Government releases new forestry rules

12 Oct 18  Forestry boom turns Ireland into an ecological dead zone

11 Sep 18  New forestry rules will boost planting, says Govt

15 Aug 18  Farmers want clear carbon price guides

31 Jul 18  Bulk of PNG export timber illegally logged

26 Jul 18  Taxpayers could be left holding carbon bill

11 Jun 18  At last, we get to see proposed ETS forestry rules

31 May 18  Northland iwi kicks off Billion Trees planting

11 May 18  Government pumps $15m into new forest service

22 Mar 18  The wood world's talking about the Jones boy

26 Feb 18  Foresters like the look of Billion Trees scheme

23 Jan 18  OIO cutting rights role wrong move, say foresters

5 Dec 17  Mixed forests may not resist climate change

22 Nov 17  AirNZ eyes paying landowners to plant trees

9 Nov 17  TREE TALK: Why we need a better forest philosophy

3 Nov 17  Forests can bring 1.5deg Paris target closer

27 Oct 17  Government planting target OK, say forest owners

7 Sep 17  High land prices key blocker to forest planting

5 Sep 17  Greens want high-end wood products industry

31 Aug 17  Foresters hope next government will vote for trees

10 Aug 17  Fund wants to see 5283ha of new forest

8 Aug 17  Foresters greet environmental standards move

4 Aug 17  Using forests to manage carbon still a heated debate

3 Aug 17  PICKY PROBLEM: What makes a carbon forest?

2 Aug 17  Foresters fine, but the ETS has some problems

1 Aug 17  ETS changes of little help, say foresters

25 Jul 17  It pays off to pay landowners to keep trees

20 Jun 17  Scientists fear EU rules will hide forest carbon loss

26 May 17  BUDGET: No boost for tree-planting

11 May 17  Foresters want carbon price range and ETS promise

5 May 17  One power station deal eats up Govt forest fund

27 Apr 17  Deadline looms for forest planting grants

26 Apr 17  Native forests have potential to earn millions

29 Mar 17  Farmers join in as landowners return to planting

15 Mar 17  Smaller forests get financial helping hand

9 Mar 17  Magic tricks in the forest can make carbon emissions vanish

10 Feb 17  Forest bonds seen as way for long-term green investment

27 Jan 17  Can we learn to leave our wild forests alone?

8 Dec 16  Sort out bioenergy, industry tells Government

24 Nov 16  California counts 102 million trees dead from drought

11 Nov 16  New funding round will see 5.5m trees planted

7 Nov 16  Hopes rise for solution to forest-split problem

3 Nov 16  Government getting serious about forestry

2 Nov 16  Is the Government cooking the forestry books?

1 Nov 16  Govt wants to break new ground for tree planting

27 Oct 16  $2.5b carbon bill hanging over heads of Treelords iwi

27 Oct 16  Netherlands to increase forests by a quarter

26 Oct 16  NGAI TAHU: We're giving away our forest benefits

20 Sep 16  Why are millions of trees dying across the US?

15 Sep 16  Modified wood aims to save forests from the axe

2 Sep 16  FOREST FIX: Will the government play ball?

31 Aug 16  Forestry up for Prince of Wales awards

11 Aug 16  Carbon-farming case lawyer under investigation

10 Aug 16  Europe aims to close loophole on wood energy

1 Aug 16  Industry slams failure of free-market forestry

25 Jul 16  How forestry can make as much money as dairying

25 Jul 16  AGS forests will bank million tonnes of carbon

18 Jul 16  Major nations spend billions saving forests

12 Jul 16  Forester urges Govt to remove carbon market risks

20 Jun 16  Portal holds our plantation forest facts

31 May 16  Norway commits to zero deforestation

31 May 16  Forests to cover 25% of China in eco project

30 May 16  More work still needed on ETS, say foresters

6 May 16  Wary forest investors watch climbing carbon price

28 Apr 16  Purse strings now open for forest planting

26 Apr 16  Foresters welcome call for more tree-planting

21 Apr 16  NZ court fines Australian carbon farmer

15 Apr 16  Why carbon price is key to forestry worth billions

15 Apr 16  Norway fund drops deforestation firms

1 Apr 16  WHAT A WASTE! Native forests key to cutting carbon

21 Mar 16  Minister's reminder: Trees are really, really important

18 Mar 16  Welcome aboard, iwi adviser tells Air New Zealand

14 Mar 16  Processors in ETS could pose problem, says industry

14 Mar 16  Study to look at alternatives to radiata pine

8 Mar 16  Foresters laud Landcorp's change of mind

4 Mar 16  Wood processors could get the nod with ETS changes

3 Mar 16  OIO-action company sells NZ carbon assets

23 Feb 16  Angry foresters want end to 1:2 subsidy

15 Feb 16  Planting rate drops by a million seedlings

15 Feb 16  Forest owners eye manuka as crop of future

9 Feb 16  Foresters will do deal on carbon price cap

25 Jan 16  Stand by ... it's another rough ride for forests

15 Dec 15  We're beginning to see the wood despite the trees

15 Dec 15  Pacific forester grabs Paris incentive

15 Dec 15  Foresters likely have cover for fire losses

23 Nov 15  Poor nation earns rich praise for emissions target

27 Oct 15  Facts show forestry and dairying can be equal earners

14 Sep 15  Foresters suggest harvesting bans as solution

7 Sep 15  Global tree census highlights need to restore forests

31 Aug 15  Emissions are putting species in lethal danger

24 Aug 15  New figures show foresters deserting tree-planting

10 Aug 15  Foresters sidestep Government and go it alone

3 Aug 15  Wildfire threat spreads across warming world

13 Jul 15  Foresters see need for big ETS changes

7 Jul 15  PFSI consultation meeting today

8 Jun 15  Bio-waste boon for natives on poor pine soils

18 May 15  Forest policy action pleases timber industry

11 May 15  Forest grants scheme gets $22m injection

30 Mar 15  Forest experts are wrong, say climate change ministers

23 Mar 15  Memo Jo: Foresters need a bit more than praise

23 Mar 15  Nine billion reasons to get rid of our forest pests

16 Mar 15  Forest planting heads for even more pitiful levels

16 Mar 15  Foresters draw up wishlist for ETS review

16 Mar 15  Finland declares itself a bio-economy superpower

9 Mar 15  Beehive breaking our climate change pledge

22 Dec 14  World wood production just grows and grows

17 Nov 14  Launchpad jury likes wilding pines project

13 Oct 14  Anxious foresters await review of foreign credits ban

6 Oct 14  Controlling deforestation will take more than words