Carbon farming: seeing the wood for the trees
May 24, 2023
This article was authored by Colin Jacobs and originally published on https://www.businessdesk.co.nz. It is reproduced here with permission from the author....
Moving away from Pine in New Zealand - Part 1
November 17, 2021
Four decades ago, Gabrielle Walters convinced her father to invest in other tree species....
What's happening in Australia.
August 21, 2021
We recently came across an amazing organisation www.wood4good.com.au who are truly walking the talk. We really like their website description "Our forests are genuinely sustainable, regenerative enterprises. They can function as the engine-room of local economies and p...
How is Restorative Forestry different?
July 14, 2021
Let’s be clear. Restorative Forestry is not about planting trees and leaving them to do their own thing forever. While that sounds idyllic, and is a wonderful outcome for pockets of cherished native flora, we believe the true alternative to smaller scale monoculture forest...
Forestry myths
July 12, 2021
Here's what we're told about forestry
It’s good for the environmentIt protects marginal hillside land from erosionIt creates employment in rural areas
But the reality is often far from this, with large-scale monoculture forestry often causing significant environmental problems and leads to poor future use opti...