Carbon farming a poisoned chalice for some foresters

Carbon farming a poisoned chalice for some foresters
New land use rules are unlikely to reduce farm to forestry conversions. (Image: NZME)
Greg Hurrell
Some foresters are starting to regret rushing into carbon credit farming, and a few bad actors are giving the sector a bad name, according to the head of the Forestry Owners Association.Chief executive Elizabeth Heeg was speaking on a farms, forests and methane panel at the Climate Change and Business Conference on Sept 9, moderated by broadcaster Kathryn Ryan. Heeg said foresters were having a lot of rocks thrown at them. “I've had foresters say to me a couple of weeks ago, if we'd known everybody else wasn't going...

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