Forest Talk

The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says highly qualified reservations in the latest International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, do not back anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s claims that New Zealand should switch exclusively to native trees for its carbon sequestration offsets. 

FOA President Phil Taylor agrees that the IPCC report has generalised reservations about countries having an overreliance on forest carbon sequestration, in part because of ..... more

C3 Limited, part of the broader LINX Cargo Care Group, has unveiled the new C3 Log Vessel Grapple (LVG) at the Port of Tauranga, a first in Australasia.

Held exclusively by C3 Limited, and developed in collaboration with industry partner, Page Macrae Engineering and customers, the new log loading technology offers safety and flexibility with no requirement for specialised infrastructure.

The grapple loading system –designed and built in New Zealand – is a sh..... more

In recognition of the International Day of Forests on 21 March 2022, the launch of a new children’s forestry activity book by the “Wood is Good” programme will see Wood Councils across New Zealand initiate the “Great Book Handout”. This year the theme of this international day, which celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests, is “Forest restoration; a path to recovery and wellbeing”.

The Wood Councils primary school engagement progr..... more