Government knows how we can be carbon-neutral
Planting just over half of New Zealand's marginal land in forest would make the country carbon-neutral - and the Government knows it.
View ArticleLabour plan aims to boost forestry
The Labour Party is about to announce a policy using forestry to provide jobs and environmental services.
View ArticleGovernment says no to national forest policy
The Government is refusing to adopt a national forestry policy, despite relying on tree planting to meet international greenhouse gas emissions reductions obligations.
View ArticleReluctant PM fends off $600m iwi ultimatum
The Prime Minister says he accepts that 50,000 new jobs would be created by Maori following through on a promise to plant one million hectares of new forest if the Government lifts carbon prices.
View ArticleWood foam joins the list of insulations
By PAUL BROWN .- Every energy expert and scientist would agree that one of the cheapest and quickest ways to cut fossil fuel use and stave off dangerous climate change is better insulation of homes,...
View ArticleGreens have plans for timber buildings
The Green Party in Government will put $1 million toward the cost of the first 10-storey or higher New Zealand building made with structural timber, co-leader Dr Russel Norman said this week.
View ArticlePost-89 emissions returns trickle in
Only a quarter of post-1989 forest owners registered in the Emissions Trading Scheme have submitted their 2013 emissions returns.
View ArticleCarbon price inaction could hurt Nats at poll
National could feel at the ballot box its failure to take action on carbon prices and lack of vision on forestry.
View ArticleNot worth it, say international traders
INTERNATIONAL carbon traders say there is little incentive for the private sector to get involved in carbon-sequestering forestry projects.
View ArticleWe need a price target range, says forest expert
A LEADING forestry services executive is calling on the Government to set a target range for carbon prices.
View ArticleWooden skyscrapers cool idea in a warming world
By TIM RADFORD.- US scientists have a new green solution to urban construction: chop down trees and use the wood for buildings.
View ArticleAt last, we're moving on wood carbon rules
New Zealand is finally moving to recognise carbon stored in wood products - two years after it could have done so.
View ArticleNZUs issued to post-1989 forest owners
Nearly seven million NZUs have been issued so far this year to owners of post-1989 forests.
View ArticleScientists answer soil microbes questions
By TIM RADFORD.- Scientists from the United States, China and Ireland may have settled one big question about climate change: don't rely on the soil microbes to help to damp down the temperatures.
View ArticleNew environment rules keep foresters in line
A new standard provides forest owners and managers with environmental, economic, social, and cultural criteria that support the sustainable management of forests.
View ArticleForesters could have arbitrage case, says expert
A litigator turned forest manager says that the Government's surprise move to close an arbitrage loophole for forest owners could be legally challenged.
View ArticleThe many reasons why wood is the way to go
By CHAD OLIVER, Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale University. Although it may seem counter-intuitive, it would be better...
View ArticleForesters leave scheme
Forty-seven participants left the Emissions Trading Scheme over the past year.
View ArticleFrustrated forest owners quit trading scheme
More than 750 owners of post-1989 forests left the Emissions Trading Scheme over the past year as New Zealand's net forestation rate plummeted.
View ArticleSarawak's logging roads would go round the Earth … twice
Sarawak's logging companies, known for their unsustainable practices, have created a road network 88,111 km long in the Malaysian state's rainforest, says a protest group.
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