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New Zealand Tree Grower, August 2016
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Forest biosecurity surveillance: What does GIA mean for the little guys? (Access: unrestricted)
Bill Dyck
Commercial plantation forestry has entered a new era with a Government Industry Agreement on biosecurity incursions. The NZ Forest Owners Association was the formal signatory for the forestry industry when… -
Monocultures are natural (Access: unrestricted)
Wink Sutton
Some environmentalists have criticised plantations because they are almost always monocultures. Monocultures are claimed to be unnatural. Are they? Is there evidence that monocultures do not occur in nature. This… -
President's Comment (Access: unrestricted)
Dean Satchell
Developments continue in the levy space, with a significant level of new research being proposed by the joint research committee, particularly genetics research. Consideration is also being given to ownership… -
Matching the trees to the site (Access: unrestricted)
The first of the Hokitika conference field days was at Susi Thompson and Rob Danford’s property. This was originally a 140 hectare grazing block which was purchased in 1988, with… -
Viaduct Creek (Access: unrestricted)
The second part of the field day on Monday was to visit Viaduct Creek owned by Glenn Crickett and Catherine van Paassen. When they bought it the land was rough… -
Arahura Valley - where the soil may bring you to tears (Access: unrestricted)
The morning of Wednesday saw us visiting Jack and Kay Davidson’s 70-hectare block which now has roughly 38 hectares in pasture, 25 hectares in forestry and seven in a QE… -
The Hokitika Conference - Some impressions from an Australian delegate (Access: unrestricted)
Carol Neal
I was fortunate enough to attend the NZFFA Conference in Hokitika earlier this year. I was so impressed with the NZFFA structure and membership that I felt it important to… -
Clean water and carbon credits: How to get the most from fencing streams (Access: unrestricted)
Roger May
Earlier this year the Ministry for the Environment published the consultation document Next Steps for Freshwater. Submissions on this closed on 22 April. This is part of the continuing process… -
The science or art of forest inventory (Access: unrestricted)
Alan Bell
Measuring trees should be easy enough. You plant so many per hectare and there are so many hectares. So what is all the fuss about? Well, trees have a habit… -
The good wood (Access: unrestricted)
John Moore and Michelle Harnett
Two important questions that foresters want to know the answers to are – How much extra value do I get from planting genetically improved radiata pine tree stocks? What level… -
Is your risk over once you have sold your logs? (Access: unrestricted)
Jo McIntosh
After harvesting and getting your logs to market you may be forgiven in thinking that the risk is all behind you − but is it? What happens if you sell… -
Neil Barr Foundation enters new era (Access: unrestricted)
The Foundation’s Trustees
Earlier this year, the Neil Barr Foundation signed off on a new Deed. Our mission statement is: ‘To promote and encourage the planting of trees on farms. This is to… -
Getting it right with the Inland Revenue Department: Transferring and trading your carbon credits (Access: unrestricted)
Hamish Levack
Official carbon credits known as New Zealand Units rose 300 per cent in value from around $5 to about $16 during the year ending May 2016. Last May’s Tree Grower… -
Emissions Trading Scheme: A recovery for New Zealand Units (Access: unrestricted)
Lizzie Chambers
The New Zealand carbon market finds itself in an interesting place once again. Late last year saw the announcement of another Emissions Trading Scheme review, the successful international negotiation of… -
Land transfers involving the Emissions Trading Scheme (Access: unrestricted)
Stuart Orme
The Emissions Trading Scheme as we know it will be nine years old at the end of this year. Despite this, we are regularly working with clients who have been… -
A new era for the NZ Dryland Forests Initiative (Access: unrestricted)
Harriet Palmer and Paul Millen
Tree Grower readers will be familiar with the development of the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative. This goes back to the early 2000s, when Marlborough-based forester Paul Millen saw a…
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