News Categories
Forestry Industry
Strong demand for logs raises income - MAF
Forestry Industry
Jul 12th, 2011
This is driven by strong economic growth in China and a reduction in availability of logs from China’s traditional supplier, neighbouring Russia. China imported 1.7 million cubic metres of New Zealand logs in the March quarter, up 44.5% on the same time the previous year.
Get in on the act - New Zealand Investor 1 July 2011
Forestry Industry
Jul 1st, 2011
July 1 was a watershed day for financial advisers, but what does it mean for investors? JEREMY MUIR, a partner with law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, explains all.
Brian Gaynor: A lesson we shouldn't have to learn again - NZ Herald
Forestry Industry
Apr 23rd, 2011
... the report concluded that the industry's outlook was not as good as it had been 20 years ago, for several reasons, including poor government policy settings, a lack of industry co-ordination and the shortage of equity capital.
Hong Kong investor in multi-million dollar NZ forestry buy-up - NZ Herald
Forestry Industry
Feb 1st, 2011
Hong Kong-listed Greenheart plans to raise US$37 million through a share issue to buy 11,000 hectares of radiata pine forests once-owned by Carter Holt Harvey, from its own major shareholder, China's Sino-Forest.
Forest Products Market Update - Wood Resources International LLC
Forestry Industry
Oct 21st, 2010
Higher demand for forest products in China, South Korea and India is benefiting log and lumber exporters in New Zealand. The value of exported forest products have increased over 54% in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The strengthening export market has pushed domestic sawlog prices to their highest levels in eight years.
World deforestation decreases, but remains alarming in many countries - FAO, Rome.
Forestry Industry
Sep 30th, 2010
Globally, around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to other uses or lost through natural causes each year between 2000 and 2010 as compared to around 16 million hectares per year during the 1990s, according to key findings of FAO's most comprehensive forest review to date The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. The study covers 233 countries and areas.