Farm Forestry New ZealandNewsletter 120, May 2019
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Harvest residue on Erosion Prone Land report released Report: An alternative to clear-felling radiata pine ETS Improvements - Summary of Submissions Farms, Forests and Fossil Fuels: the next great landscape transformation?
President Executive
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NoticesHealth and safety Guidelines for Field Days Levy Vote supported in referendum The audited voting results just received from the independent agency who conducted the referendum, Research New Zealand, are:
Both of the voting majorities were higher this time than in the inaugural levy vote in 2013. In 2013, the Owner Vote majority was 86.3 percent and there was a Hectare Vote majority also of 86.3 percent. This year’s total vote cast is slightly fewer than the 588 who voted in 2013. The largest area represented by a ‘no’ vote in 2019 was 620 hectares. Specialty Wood Products Partnership reports EventsFor more information on these events, they are posted on the NZFFA website >>
Blogs
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Reports (Members Area)
Market Report- May 2019
President's comment, May 2019
Harvest residue on Erosion Prone Land report releasedA report responding to the debris floods in Tasman and Tolaga Bays last year has been released. In August 2018 Forest Growers Research convened a workshop in Auckland on managing slash and harvest residue on erosion prone land. The workshop followed severe storms Motueka in February and Tolaga Bay in June. Another workshop of a wider group of stakeholders, including Te Uru Rākau, Federated Farmers and local government, was convened recently in Auckland to update on a number of initiatives that are underway. A number of companies also reported the work they were doing to minimise debris flow risks and it was clear that considerable progress on risk reduction, both short and long term, was being achieved. The report Harvest Residue Management on Erosion Prone Land is now available. Report: An alternative to clear-felling radiata pineTarget diameter harvesting (TDH) is selective felling and extraction of individual trees once they reach a certain diameter. A successful and well-known TDH system based on radiata pine is found at Dr John and Rosalie Wardle’s property, Woodside, Oxford, North Canterbury. The question this project aimed to answer is: ‘Can the Woodside TDH system be profitably applied to other radiata pine woodlots?’ This feasibility study explores alternatives to clear-felling for radiata pine. ETS Improvements - Summary of SubmissionsA report summarising submissions received during the public consultation on proposed improvements to the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) during August and September 2018 is now available on the Ministry for the Environment’s website. The report can be accessed here. The press release announcing this publication can be accessed here. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is preparing a separate summary of submissions on the proposed changes to NZ ETS forestry settings. This will be published on the MPI website during May. Feedback received during the public consultation process has informed Government decision-making on improvements to the NZ ETS. A first tranche of improvements to the NZ ETS was announced in December and further decisions are expected to be made this year. We expect that a bill to amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 will be introduced to Parliament in the second half of this year. The public will have the opportunity to provide further feedback on proposed improvements to the NZ ETS when the bill is referred to Select Committee. NZ ETS consultation team Farms, Forests and Fossil Fuels: the next great landscape transformation?The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment released a report “Farms, Forests and Fossil Fuels: the next great landscape transformation?” on 26 March, but it was immediately trumped by the Government announcing the introduction of “Averaging” of carbon credits for all new forests planted after 2021. Like the children marching for climate change, the timing was unfortunate. However I think Simon Upton did a good job. Here is my brief take:
Howard Moore
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