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NZ Climate Minister sends a message that trees are irrelevant to climate change

12 October 2022
Foresters are saying a suggestion by New Zealand Climate Change Minister James Shaw to centralise buying carbon credits in central government, and decoupling the Emissions Trading Scheme from forestry, is a message that trees are irrelevant to fighting climate change. Source: Timberbi
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NZ packaging & industrial paper decline

10 October 2022
For nearly two decades, New Zealand’s exports of Packaging & Industrial paper and paperboard have been declining. Source: Industry Edge The 2021-22 financial year saw exports fall to 267 kt, down 7.7% on the prior year. The export result came as latest data confirmed production wa
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Forest planting is a solution to NZ biogenic methane discharges

07 October 2022
New Zealand’s Forest Owners Association says the highlighting of biogenic methane discharges, in a report just issued by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, is alarming and urgently calls for forest planting solutions to buy New Zealand time. Source: Timberbiz PC
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New role of Exec Gen Manager wood products at OFO filled

07 October 2022
OneFortyOne has appointed Mike Bloomfield to the newly created Executive General Manager Wood Products Australia role and Nigel Boyd general manager of the Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier. Source: Timberbiz Mr Bloomfield has held the position of General Manager Sales and Marketing at
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Plantma-X mechanised planting trials

05 October 2022
Plantma Forestry has developed a mechanised planting system that’s being used in Sweden and being trialled in both the US and Canada. Sources: Timberbiz, Forestech During 2020 the machine was tested by three major forest companies in Sweden in a variety of conditions, types of ground,
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Southland Plantation Forest to buy forestry blocks from Kodansha

05 October 2022
Two Japanese-owned forestry blocks in Southland will change hands for NZ$5.1 million after consent was granted under the New Zealand Overseas Investment Act for the sales. Source: Otago Daily Times Southland Plantation Forest Company of New Zealand received consent to acquire 420ha in
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Restoring native habitat teaches students tree health

30 September 2022
More than 3,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted as part of New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Te Pourepo o Kaituna wetland creation project, thanks to the volunteer support of Western Bay of Plenty school students. Source: Timberbiz The planting was part of a ser
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Scion scientist a finalist in NZ biosecurity awards

30 September 2022
A Scion scientist who helped to discover a biological control for the unwanted giant willow aphid is among the finalists of the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards. Source: Timberbiz Stephanie Sopow, a forest entomologist at Scion in Rotorua, played a leading role in the team from Sci
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Scion joins 40 forestry companies in NZ Fieldays’ pavilion

28 September 2022
In a Fieldays first, Scion will be among more than 40 organisations gathering under one roof to educate visitors about the New Zealand’s dynamic forestry sector. Source: Timberbiz Under the theme of ‘Wood – our low-carbon future’, the Fieldays Forestry Hub will be a dedicated space at
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Developing precision forestry tech with Pan Pac

26 September 2022
A single tree does not make a forest – just yet. Scion is developing and testing a range of precision forestry technologies with Hawke’s Bay forestry company Pan Pac Forest Products to make a ‘forest of one’ a reality sooner rather than later. Source: Timberbiz A forest of one means t
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