Forester urges focus on restart, jobs

Forester urges focus on restart, jobs
Gavin Evans
Forestry stands to be a major export earner in coming months and the country needs to focus on maximising those gains as the lockdown is lifted and harvesting resumes, IFSGrowth chief executive James Treadwell said.Harvesting could have continued safely during the past two weeks and he said there is no reason for it not to resume on a regional basis where infection rates are low, suggesting the East Coast, Far North and central North Island as possible early contenders.Pent-up demand for logs is strong in China, this country’s biggest market, b...

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