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Funding cuts: when good pines could go wild

Funding cuts: when good pines could go wild

"Unmanaged" forestry carbon sinks could worsen New Zealand's wilding pine problem.

Greg Hurrell 23 Dec 2022
Yet more RMA reform reading for submitters
Infrastructure

Yet more RMA reform reading for submitters

A new document dump is intended to help submitters respond to the government's RMA reforms.

Staff reporters 16 Dec 2022
New environment secretary appointed
Policy

New environment secretary appointed

Councils may welcome a new environment policy boss who has experience of their part in the system.

Ian Llewellyn 14 Dec 2022
Dire warnings over carbon forests' impact
Primary Sector

Dire warnings over carbon forests' impact

Over 50 years, a pine forest in the emissions trading scheme would earn 7.5 times more NZUs than a native forest.

Ian Llewellyn 12 Dec 2022