• Conservation of forests both as a natural heritage and a commercial resource.

• No further sales of forests to overseas interests.

• Sale of cutting rights subject to end processing in New Zealand for home use and export.

• Management of forests for multi-use: timber production, farm forests, recreation and hunting, and cash crops.

• A requirement for immediate replanting nearby where native timber is logged.

• The establishment, upgrading and improvement of New Zealand transport systems, with low interest loans from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

• Co-operative forestry ventures, through long term, low interest loans.

• Crop diversification, new products and new wood-based derivatives, leading to the cessation of wood imports.

• The use of timber and wood wastes for energy production.

• New Zealand’s support for the international drive to reduce carbon emissions and global warming.

 

Contact: John Rawson Ph               09 438 9265       
Forestry Spokesman