Special Interest Groups

Indigenous Forest Section

Promotes indigenous forestry (including timber production), to manages these forests in an ecologically sustainable fashion so that they retain their unique characteristics for the benefit of future generations.

Acacia Melanoxylon Interest Group Organisation

Brings together members interested in growing Tasmanian Blackwood - professional forest researchers, timber marketers and commercial users in an information sharing network aimed at creating a sustainable NZ resource of plantation grown quality hardwood.

Cypress Action Group

There is a huge amount of innovative work on varieties, management and silvicultural regimes being undertaken by NZFFA members. This group collates existing research and pools the experience and knowledge of farm foresters growing cypresses.

Eucalypt Action Group

Established as recently as April 2002, though eucalypts have been a particular focus of farm foresters since the earliest days of our association over 50 years ago. NZFFA is participating with Forest Research (formerly the NZ Forest Research Institute and now Scion) in a nation-wide series of trials with stringybark eucalypts because stringybarks have good sawing properties and are comparatively free from insect pests.

Sequoia Action Group

Now that the old-growth redwood forests of western USA are no longer available as a source of this prized timber, attention is focussing on the very promising potential for sustainably plantation-grown redwood Sequoia in New Zealand.