Forestry encroachment an issue for councils - Sage

Forestry encroachment an issue for councils - Sage
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans June 14 (BusinessDesk) - Forestry encroachment onto higher-value farm land is an issue for councils to manage, Lands Minister Eugenie Sage says. The national environmental standard for plantation forestry doesn’t set out to encourage forestry on good farm land and should be steering planting into steeper or more erosion-prone areas, she told lawmakers yesterday. Sage told Parliament’s primary production committee that she is aware of concerns of some mayors about the level of new planting being proposed in their district...

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