Forest owners say the government is sending the message that trees are 'irrelevant' to fighting climate change.
Forest & Bird asks whether raising Lake Onslow, in Central Otago, to create NZ’s largest artificial lake for hydro storage is a potential saviour or a “white elephant”.
To reach a net-zero warming impact from methane, even with reductions of 47% of actual animal emissions, we would need to plant 4.1 million hectares of pine forest between now and 2050.
The company that runs Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is working with local iwi to draw up remediation plans for the site.