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Forest fire in new Zealand
Jan 20 2020

The burning irony of our climate policy fix

Article from Newsroom: In just 20 years it’s expected the number of days this country faces very high or extreme fire risk will increase by 71 percent. While […]

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Flood damage from forestry waste
Oct 8 2019

Green Rush: Will pines really save the planet?

Great long read from RNZ: When arguing for pines over natives, or crafting government policy to encourage forestry investment, carbon storage cannot be the only focus,

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North Island East Coast Farmland
Sep 25 2019

Iwi research lifts lid on carbon

Farmers Weekly interviewed Pia Pohatu about the Waro Project.  A research project on the North Island’s east coast is helping Maori land owners balance the complexities

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bee keeper tending bees
Sep 1 2019

Fighting Climate Change a Bonus for Planting Native Trees

Over the last three years researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research have worked with Hikurangi Enterprises Ltd to scope Māori landowner interest in

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Students at Way to grow Trees workshop
Aug 11 2019

Way to grow trees, skills and wellbeing

The Government’s billion trees programme could offer an educational opportunity for New Zealanders. And the Waitaki Community Gardens Trust wants to launch a project that shows

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Wharf on Te Arawa Lake
Aug 6 2019

The legal threat and the big opportunity in Māori engagement on climate change response

As local councils respond to the effects of climate change, they’ll need to properly consider Māori interests, new research warns. Treaty breaches and litigation will

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Bike track through Regenerating native forest
Jul 22 2019

The Government’s forestry agency wants to challenge several claims made by Dame Anne Salmond

As at June 30, 2019, of the 81 grants approved by the One Billion Trees Fund, 61 included native plantings representing around 1.65 million trees

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view of some of the 22 million trees planted in Scotland to help meet ‘global climate emergency’
Jul 3 2019

22 million trees planted in Scotland to help meet ‘global climate emergency’

More than 22 million trees were planted in Scotland last year in what has been described as a  “critical contribution to the global climate emergency”.

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As part of an Environmental Workshop hosted by Te Uru Rākau, this picture was created to give an idea of the elements involved in New Zealand’s Forestry Strategy diagram
Jun 27 2019

Scope of the Forest Strategy for Aotearoa

As part of an Environmental Workshop hosted by Te Uru Rākau, this picture was created to give an idea of the elements involved in New

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Man planting trees as part of 1 million trees programme
Jun 19 2019

Update on 1 billion trees programme

According to Ministers Shane Jones and Damien O’Connor, the 1 Billion Trees programme is aimed at farmers, with a target of two-thirds natives and the remainder

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