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  • Forest owners support changes to erosion control scheme
    July, 2014
    The Forest Owners Association welcomes government changes to the scheme that funds erosion control initiatives on the East Coast. “Forestry and allowing reversion to native cover are both effective at…
  • NZFFA eucalypt tortoise beetle biocontrol progress
    July, 2014
    A parasitoid wasp of the spring-time larval stage of the eucalyptus leaf beetle Paropsisterna agricola in Tasmania has had its identity confirmed and is the most exciting potential biological control…
  • Media release: Forest owners want people to speak up
    June, 2014
    The sponsors of the Independent Forestry Safety Review welcome the public consultation document issued by the review panel on Friday. ”It poses a series of questions which will provide a…
  • Growing confidence in forestry's future
    May, 2014
    Scion Research Programme 2013 - 2019   Raising the profitability of commercial forestry investments is an imperative for the entire New Zealand forestry sector and also vital to increasing economic…
  • Forest owners given another ETS whack
    May, 2014
    A measure hidden in the fine print of the Budget has forest owners wondering why they are again being unfairly singled out. In a Bill that is expected to become…
  • If trees could cheer
    March, 2014
    Friday March 21 is a special day, the United Nations International Day of Forests. “Each minute of that day, New Zealand's 1.8 million hectares of sustainable forest estate will grow…
  • Wood innovation attracts Australian architects
    March, 2014
    A group of leading Australian commercial architects is visiting New Zealand this month to come up to speed with developments in the use of engineered wood in commercial buildings. They…
  • Major forest industry safety review launched
    January, 2014
    An independent panel is to conduct a major review into the high number of serious and fatal injuries in the forest industry. The panel members are business leader George Adams,…
  • Trees for Bees Conference # 2
    January, 2014
    Eastwoodhill Trees for Bees II:  Promising Trees to Nourish Honey Bees Second Conference on bee health at Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne. Press Release May 9th and 10th 2014 The biology of…
  • Dean Satchell heads to Tasmania to assist with mass-rearing Eadya paropsidis, the potential biological control agent of Paropsis charybdis
    December, 2013
    Despite considerable efforts, the eucalyptus tortoise beetle Paropsis charybdis (paropsis) continues to defoliate Eucalyptus nitens plantations throughout New Zealand. The pest both prevents expansion of this forest resource and requires…
  • Forest Owners support official scrutiny
    December, 2013
    Recent assessments of forest workplaces by MBIE (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) and ACC have the full backing of the Forest Owners Association. “Regulation is not the only way…
  • How to create good kmz (google earth) files
    November, 2013
    On this page: [Create a polygon in Google Earth]  [Saving your .kmz file]  [Editing a .kmz polygon in Google Earth] Print this page Create a polygon in Google Earth 1.…
  • FOREST GROWER LEVY TRUST BOARD ELECTION RESULT 2013
    November, 2013
    Audited voting results: Successful candidates Greater than 1,000 ha net stocked area category – weighted forest production votes Philip Taylor Paul Nicholls Bill McCallum David James Balfour Under 1,000 ha…
  • Forest owners ask critics to help
    November, 2013
    Forest owners are asking politicians, unionists and commentators to help them solve the industry's safety crisis and to stop making political capital out of tragedy. “We are all agreed –…
  • Prosperity from Forestry and Wood Products
    November, 2013
    The forest and wood products industry has the ability to deliver renewable and resilient growth. There are a number of areas where government can, and should, have an interest in…

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