Forest Talk

Input from a wide spectrum of stakeholders indicates conflicting interests around permanent carbon forests, coupled with lack of clarity and considerable misunderstanding among media and the general public. The emphasis, mainly from the agricultural sector, is to implement a national strategic plan to sort out different aspects of carbon farming. However the forestry sector warns of unintended consequences if draconian regulations come into force.

While many lives..... more

A little-known Caterpillar-branded swing yarder has been brought back to life by forestry company Forest360 and a Northland logger to harvest on difficult terrain just south of Whangarei.

The Caterpillar SY235 – said to be quite innovative in its day – was one of just a handful of these yarders to be produced during the 1980s and may be the only one that survives worldwide today.

But, without a full restoration, it may well have ended up on the scrap heap.&n..... more

Marlborough District Council has released its first reports detailing its carbon footprint from its operations, finding just over 75% of measurable emissions come from its landfill. The reports, for the years ending 2019 and 2020, were prepared by independent consultants CarbonEES to serve as a baseline that the Council can benchmark against for future years.

An initial benchmark was the first task in the Climate Change Action Plan, which was approved in March 202..... more

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