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Kaimai-Mamaku breaks new ground with nature credits
1+ week, 5+ day ago (661+ words) Covering over a quarter of a million hectares between Waikato and Bay of Plenty, Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park is poised to be the launch pad for one of New Zealand’s first nature credit transactions. Louise Saunders, chief executive of the Manaaki…...
Upton slates ‘out of control’, unworkable ETS
2+ week, 4+ day ago (570+ words) The Emissions Trading Scheme is failing to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals – even as it possibly still encourages more than a million hectares of new afforestation in the next 50 years. A report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment,…...
Game Bird Habitat Trust visits Southland farms
3+ week, 2+ day ago (345+ words) National Game Bird Habitat Trust board members were shown around Southland farms by Southland Fish & Game staff to see how some of the trust’s grant funding helps restore or build new wetlands. The Game Bird Habitat Trust is set up…...
Freshwater farm plans narrowed to high-risk activities
3+ week, 3+ day ago (431+ words) Certified and audited freshwater farm plans will be required only on areas of farms where high-risk activity occurs, under changes proposed by the government. In terms of the proposal, plans would be required for activities such as dairy farming, pig…...
Forestry urged to rebuild public trust beyond compliance
1+ week, 6+ day ago (512+ words) The management of commercial forests needs to amount to more than just compliance if the sector is to regain public acceptance, says an environmental consultant. “A decade ago, compliance was the basic. Today proof of story and partnerships are the…...