Farm Forestry New ZealandNewsletter 89, February 2016
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Tree Stock Sales and Forest Planting in 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) regulations Steep slope forestry harvester attracts more international sales
President
Executive
Angus Gordon angusg@xtra.co.nz
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NoticesAgenda Items and Notices of Motion from NZFFA branches and special interest groups for the Council Meeting and AGM at the Hokitika Conference MUST be submitted to NZFFA National Office by 23 March 2016. Latest headlinesSharing the Love... We love our forests and NZ Wood wants others to appreciate them too. December saw the start of the first phase of a campaign to engage the hearts and minds of New Zealanders about our forests... more>>
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Is there an environmentally acceptable alternative to wood? NZFFA members can set up their own blogs on the NZFFA website. Email Dean. Reports (Members Area)WoodCo board meeting February 10th 2016 NZFFA executive minutes October 2015 NZFFA executive minutes January 2016 ForestWood 2016 ConferenceYour Toolbox for Industry Resilience – Viability, Traceability, Adaptability, and Credibility This theme and its four strands look at elements key to building a successful and resilient business in the forestry and wood products industries looking forward. By making our businesses adaptable to the markets and the increasing expectations of society and legislation, credible in the world by maintaining a sound reputation with traceable products and increasing capability in the form of innovation, sustainable methods and improving business practices, the industry will be able to grow and thrive in an uncertain international marketplace. ForestWood is the only opportunity to participate in a whole-of-industry conference and will be an event not to be missed.
ForestWood 2016 SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre, 16 March 2016. Tree Stock Sales and Forest Planting in 2015The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has just released their report on provisional estimates of the sales of tree stocks and the areas of forest planted in New Zealand for 2015. Each spring the MPI undertakes a survey of tree stock sales from commercial forestry nurseries. This information is then modelled to estimate total sales, and to generate estimates of planting by species or species groups, and the total area planted. Tree stock sales reported in 2015 totalled 49.5 million seedlings, compared to 50.8 million seedlings sold in 2014. The total area of forest planting in the winter of 2015 is provisionally estimated by the nursery survey and associated modelling to be 46 000 hectares. 44,000 ha (95% of the total) were estimated to be planted in Radiata pine. From a separate survey of large-scale forest owners, combined with information from the Erosion Control Funding Programme, it is provisionally estimated that there were 2 500 hectares of new planting across New Zealand in 2015. Replanting of harvested areas is provisionally estimated to be 43 500 hectares in 2015. Figure 1 provides a visual outline of the estimated areas of new planting and replanting since 1991.
To check out the full report on the Provisional Estimates of Tree Stock Sales and Forest Planting in 2015 click here. Source: Friday Offcuts Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) regulationsThe majority of the first phase of regulations to support the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) have now been finalised and will come into force on 4 April 2016, along with the Act. The regulations supported with information and guidance from WorkSafe New Zealand are intended to support businesses (particularly small businesses) to understand what they need to do to comply with the general duties of the Act. The detailed regulations are now available on the Legislation website. See the Worksafe New Zealand website for:
Steep slope forestry harvester attracts more international salesAn innovative forestry tree harvester designed to work on steep slopes is creating increasing interest in the United States after successful sales drives in Canada. Nigel Kelly, of Kelly Logging, said the ClimbMAX winch-assisted harvester had been working in Marlborough and Nelson forests since being developed in 2005 to increase production and reduce accidents.
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