Unwanted pests and diseases of forestry in New Zealand
- Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian Longhorn beetle
- Asian gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
- Asian Longhorn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
- Auger beetle, Sinoxylon spp.
- Bark beetles, pine, unwanted
- Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys
- Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, Pinewood nematode and its vector Monochamus alternatus
- Cinara cupressi, cypress aphid
- Cladius grandis, poplar sawfly
- Contarinia spp., Gall forming midges on Douglas fir
- Corythucha ciliata, Sycamore lace bug
- Cryptotermes brevis, West Indian drywood termite
- Cypress aphid, Cinara cupressi
- Dendroctonus spp., unwanted bark beetles
- European elm leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta luteola
- European house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus
- European pine weevil, Hylobius abietis
- Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea
- Giant Pine Scale, Marchalina hellenica
- Granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus
- Halyomorpha halys, Brown marmorated stink bug
- Heterobostrychus aequalis, Oriental wood borer
- Hylobius abietis, European pine weevil
- Hylotrupes bajulus, European house borer
- Hyphantria cunea, Fall webworm
- Ips spp., unwanted bark beetles
- Leptocybe invasa
- Lymantria dispar, Asian gypsy moth
- Lymantria monacha, Nun moth
- Marchalina hellenica, Giant Pine Scale
- Monochamus alternatus, pine sawyer beetle
- Nun moth, Lymantria monacha
- Oriental wood borer, Heterobostrychus aequalis
- Orygia thyellina, White-spotted tussock moth
- Painted apple moth, Teia anartoides
- Peltoschema suturalis
- Pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa
- Pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus
- Pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana
- Poplar sawfly, Cladius grandis
- Pyrrhalta luteola, European elm leaf beetle
- Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta in New Zealand
- Rhyacionia buoliana, Pine shoot moth
- Sinoxylon spp., Auger beetle
- Solenopsis invicta, Red Imported Fire Ant in New Zealand
- Sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata
- Teia anartoides, painted apple moth
- Thaumetopoea pityocampa, Pine processionary moth
- West Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis
- White-spotted tussock moth, Orygia thyellina
- Xylosandrus crassiusculus, granulate ambrosia beetle
 
 
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- Forest Owners say native trees are nice but won’t solve the Climate Emergency
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The Forest Owners Association says the just released Emissions Reduction Plan is a welcome and unprecedented blueprint for reducing New Zealand’s gross emissions. But the Association is warning that a…
- ‘Smart spade’ one of new technologies for forest silviculture project
Thursday, May 05, 2022
A ‘smart spade’ which identifies exactly where to plant a tree seedling is just one of the new technologies in the seven-year $25.5 million Precision Silviculture development project. The newly…
- Forest Owners call for forest trade mission to India
Monday, April 11, 2022
Forest Owners call for forest trade mission to India following approval of new fumigant for log exports The Forest Owners Association wants a delegation of government ministers to urgently go to…
- Forest Owners and Federated Farmers mourn passing of former Chief Executive of both organisations
Sunday, April 03, 2022
The pastoral and forest industries are mourning the recent passing of Rob McLagan, who served as Chief Executive of both Federated Farmers and the Forest Owners Association. Rob was CE…
- Joint efforts under way after unwanted pest detected in Tauranga
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Biosecurity New Zealand is working with primary sector and Te Tiriti partners after a single confirmed egg mass belonging to the moth pest the fall armyworm was found in Tauranga.…
- Forest Biosecurity update March 2022
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Check out the latest Biosecurity newsletter which gives an update on the biosecurity surveillance system, pitch pine canker, red needle cast, tortoise beetles, a new ladybird (always good) and the…
- Forest Owners says IPCC doesn't back Anne Salmond
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The Forest Owners Association says highly qualified reservations in the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, do not back anthropologist Anne Salmond’s claims that New Zealand should switch exclusively…
- Forest Owners puzzled at overseas investment reform
Thursday, February 24, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is asking why the government needs to reintroduce more process around overseas investment for conversions from pasture to plantation forests. The Associate Minister of Finance, David…
- Forest Owners tell government to look across the Tasman
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling the government that Australia’s support of plantation forestry is in sharp contrast to the increasingly restrictive measures being promised in New Zealand by our…
- The folly of the native forest carbon solution
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised views, that planting native forests offer the best solution to the climate crisis, is misinformed and misleading. Association President Graham West says the overwhelming…
- Forestry Minister has strategic leadership opportunity in farm forestry
Friday, February 04, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says Forestry Minister, Stuart Nash, should incentivise farmers to plant more trees to combat climate change. Association President Graham West asks, “Why isn’t the government working…
- Forest Owners challenge Federated Farmers to prove misleading carbon farming claims
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling Federated Farmers that it needs to educate itself about how the Overseas Investment Act works before making any more false claims about non-existent overseas…
- Further tax changes possible
Monday, January 17, 2022
Changes are possible to the ‘cost of standing timber’ provisions of the Income Tax Act. Farm Forestry members have been working to help willing owners aggregate their forests for economies…
- Forest Owners say Fish and Game barking up the wrong tree
Thursday, December 09, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says Fish and Game’s criticism of exotic plantation forests doesn’t accord with reality. “Fish and Game is, quite simply, barking up the wrong tree when it…
- Changing causes and impacts of unwanted fires in our forest and rural landscapes
Friday, December 03, 2021
Commercial forests and climate change are regularly cited as contributors to an increase in unwanted rural fires in New Zealand. However, evidence suggests other factors are exacerbating the causes and…
- Consultation opens for registration of forestry advisers and log traders
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Key players in the forestry industry are encouraged to have their say on the design of a new registration system for log traders and forestry advisors with consultation opening today.…
- Forest Owners says lessons for New Zealand in UN Wood-Based Products Report
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products…
- New Zealand Forest Owners sign on to International Wood Manifesto leading into COP26
Thursday, October 28, 2021
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has joined 17 other forest and timber organisations around the world in launching the International Wood Manifesto in London, to lead into the crucial…
- Forest Owners say ‘back the bat’
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is urging its members and the public to vote for the pekapeka – the Long-Tailed Bat - in the Forest and Bird sponsored Bird of the…
- Forest Owners says extra planting ‘just as well’ given slippage on carbon reduction targets
Friday, October 15, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is saying that foresters’ intentions to plant more trees is an immediate and practical insurance against New Zealand not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Association…