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ETS fee removal welcomed by forestry

17 June 2024
Annual service charges paid by forest owners with trees in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be cancelled for the 2023 – 24 year. New Zealand Forestry Minister Hon Todd McClay announced the ETS change while outlining the Government’s vision to grow forestry as part of his
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Innovatek on the tough challenges in New Zealand forestry

14 June 2024
People across the forest industry are facing some of the toughest challenges in the past decade with weather, markets and regulations all challenging the best of our foresters. Source: Timberbiz One way for people to make positive change in the face of adversity is to network with oth
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Forestry annual ETS service charges cancelled.

14 June 2024
New Zealand Forestry Minister Todd McClay has announced that annual service charges in the forestry Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be cancelled for 2023/24. Source: Timberbiz “The sector has told me the costs imposed on forestry owners by the previous government were excessive an
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Pan Pac helps to protect native birdlife

12 June 2024
A project helping to protect native birdlife in Mohi Bush, New Zealand is also giving local students hand-on experience in pest management and environmental monitoring. Source: Timberbiz The Rodent Control Project at Mohi Bush near Maraetotara, which recently received funding from the
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang to visit NZ, and Australia

12 June 2024
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit New Zealand later this week. Source: Timberbiz “I look forward to warmly welcoming Premier Li in New Zealand. The Premier’s visit is a valuable opportunity for exchanges on areas of coopera
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Walking away with a tree award

07 June 2024
A lone rātā that appears to be striding across the landscape has taken gold in New Zealand’s tree of the year competition. Source: The Guardian The New Zealand Arboricultural Association, which runs the competition to celebrate New Zealand’s trees, said the “extraordinary” northern rā
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Conservation and rewilding potential of native planting

05 June 2024
Stands of weather-worn macrocarpa and pine are still a common sight in rural Canterbury, New Zealand a growing number of farmers are planting native trees on their land. Conservation biologist Dr Sara Kross, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of C
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Heli-saw tree trimming trial shows positive results

05 June 2024
New Zealand’s electricity sector could be transformed by a radical new approach to keeping trees off power lines, says a King Country-based energy distributor. The Lines Company (TLC), based in Te Kūiti, has undertaken its first successful trial of the heli-saw – a specialised tree-tr
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NZ scientist to share Cyclone Gabrielle research internationally

03 June 2024
Dr Murry Cave, Principal Scientist at Gisborne District Council, New Zealand will share his groundbreaking research on the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle and the role of Large Woody Debris (LWD) in Tairāwhiti. His findings will be presented at the 5th International Wood in World Rivers
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Repeal of forest regulation a relief for cost-struck growers

03 June 2024
New Zealand Forest owners say the repeal of legislation surrounding log traders and forest advisors will provide relief and assurance to growers facing increased regulatory cost and complexities. Source: Timberbiz The repeal, announced by Minister of Forestry Hon Todd McClay, will do
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