The Agriculture Minister says the sustainable way New Zealand’s plantation forests are cut down and processed, gives the sector an advantage in overseas markets. Is there a better message we could be marketing?
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New Zealand is at the centre of a row at the Cancun climate change talks over proposals to adjust the way in which carbon is accounted for in trees. Environmental groups say that the Land Use Land Use Change (LULUCF) [ More ] [ Read More ]
New Zealand can't commit to specific emission cuts until rules around forestry are worked out, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith said at United Nations global climate talks in Cancun, Mexico.
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For more than two years forest owners have been bound by the emission trading scheme. Although this has caused difficulties for many of them, they say unwinding the scheme now would be hugely complex and costly. It would also undoubtedly [ More ] [ Read More ]
