8th May 2023 Newsletter
PRESIDENTS COLUMN
It has been truly inspiring to see the tree planting efforts organised by local sections in honour of King Charles' Coronation. Some captivating photos have already come through from some sections, and we eagerly anticipate more contributions from other sections. Regardless of personal opinions on monarchy, it is undeniable King Charles has made significant contributions to forestry, particularly in promoting the use of wood in construction and emphasising the global importance of trees. As a lasting tribute, plans are underway to erect plaques at all planting sites, commemorating the Institute, the respective local sections, and the significance of these plantings in relation to the coronation. I thank and appreciate all those involved in organising these events nationwide.
I had the pleasure of presenting a tree to former Minister Stuart Nash from NZIF, in recognition of his dedicated efforts to advance and support forestry. Regardless of political affiliations, it is important to acknowledge the substantial contributions made by individuals like Stuart Nash and his predecessor, Shane Jones, in raising awareness and recognition of the forestry sector. The Hawkes Bay local section facilitated the gifting, and despite the modest turnout, engaging and candid discussions were held with Stuart Nash, leaving a lasting impact.
We continue to advocate for forests and forestry as we actively continue to participate in numerous consultations. I extend my gratitude to the Fire Committee for diligently working on the proposed FENZ fire level increase, the Carbon Committee for their valuable contributions to the Forestry in the ETS: Proposed Updates to Cost Recovery Tranche Two, and Murray Parrish for his comprehensive review of the Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003. All submitted documents are now accessible for members on our website.
To keep you informed, here are some crucial matters which require your attention:
- Registration Reminder: If you believe you need to be registered to comply with the Act, we urge you to submit your application as soon as possible. Our board is diligently processing an overwhelming number of applications (over 50), and we have enlisted additional assistance to ensure prompt handling. Remember, the sooner you apply, the higher the likelihood of being registered before the upcoming deadline of August 6th, set by the Crown.
- Virtual Field Trip: Run by our Future Foresters: Join us for our second virtual field trip on Friday, May 19th, from 7pm to 9pm. To secure your spot, please register your interest at the Global Virtual Field Trip for Young Foresters - The Institute of Chartered Foresters. This exciting event will feature presentations from young foresters hailing from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. We are confident this experience will be highly enriching, and attending the event will count towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Climate Change Commission Forum: For our members in Rotorua, a forum will be held on Monday, May 15th, from 10am to 12pm, in collaboration with the Climate Change Commission. This gathering will provide an opportunity to delve into their latest advice. The forum will take place at the Kokako Meeting Room, PF Olsen Building, 99 Sala Street. If you have not registered through other channels, kindly inform Raewyn if you wish to attend, as space is limited.
- Upcoming Christchurch Event: Members located in Christchurch can look forward to the same event on May 31st. Exact timings and locations are yet to be finalised. To express your interest in attending, please notify Raewyn as soon as possible.
- AGM, CPD and Awards Dinner: Please put in your diary Sat 08 July for the AGM, CPD sessions and awards dinner. This event will be held in Wellington and we would like to see as many of you there as possible. We will be proposing some rule changes. If members have anything they wish to be added to the AGM, can they please let Raewyn know.
Thanks
James
INSTITUTE UPDATES
NZIF AGM and CPD - 08 July 2023
Because this year we have a combined ANZIF conference in Australia from 15-18 October in Coolangatta, Gold Coast, NZIF need to have an AGM before the ANZIF conference to meet the requirements of our Rules. It is planned to also provide 2-3 sessions of CPD and the Awards Dinner at the same time.
The planned venue is the Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, Wellington.
The draft programme is:
9am - Registration and coffee/morning tea
9.30am - 11am First CPD session
11am - 12.30pm Second CPD session
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm -3pm Third CPD session
3pm - 3.30pm Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5pm AGM
5pm - 6pm Networking refreshments
6pm Awards Dinner
The Wellington Club has accommodation.
7 Queen rooms at $195.00 / night and 3 King rooms at $225.00 / night. Reservations need to be made by contacting Peter Hill ( 021 965 266 or pjint@outlook.com )
I would appreciate any ideas for timely / appropriate CPD sessions. I have had a suggestion of a session on Mental Health management, this has been used by Future Foresters and comes recommended. Your thoughts please?
This event will be updated as the programme firms up. When the event is finalised it will open for registration
Peter Hill
Vice President
Call for Nominations - Fellows, Forester of the Year and Prince of Wales award for Sustainable Forestry
Nominations need to be emailed to the Secretary at admin@nzif.org.nz no later than 5pm Sunday, 28th May 2023.
Recipients will be announced at the NZIF AGM and the awards dinner, 8th July 2023
To nominate a new Fellow by 28th May 2023, please Read more and fill in the form
To nominate a member for Forester of the Year award by the 28th May 2023 Read more
To nominate a member for Prince of Wales award for Sustainable Forestry by 28th May 2023 Read more
Lania Holt
NZIF Secretary
FOUNDATION AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR NZIF FOUNDATION 2023 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications are invited for the awards and scholarships offered by the NZIF Foundation for 2023. The total value of awards offered is $11,500.
The awards open for application are:
- Otago Southland Award $2,000 to assist a project or projects of relevance to forestry in the Otago/Southland region
- A Mary Sutherland Scholarship of $2,000 for a polytechnic student
- A University Undergraduate Scholarship of $2,000
- A Frank Hutchinson Postgraduate scholarship of $2,000
-
Chavasse Travel Award for $3,500.
- Applications are now open. Further details and an application form are available on the Foundation web page (https://www.nzif.org.nz/about-us/nzif-foundation/ )
Applications must be received by the Foundation administrator (foundation@nzif.org.nz) no later than 5pm on Sunday 28th May 2023. The awards will be announced at the NZIF AGM on the 8th July 2023.
Enquires to the Foundation (foundation@nzif.org.nz) or phone +64 4 974 8421.
Please pass on this notice to your networks and to anyone you think may be eligible to apply. Membership of NZIF is not a requirement for application.
Submissions
To read the latest submissions
Consultation on the review of the Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003
Ministry for Primary Industries Forestry in the ETS: Proposed Updates to Cost Recovery Tranche Two
Ministry for the Environment Environment Climate and Research Strategy
FORESTRY EVENTS
Commemorative tree planting
Hawkes Bay Local Section invites you to:
King Charles III was crowned on Saturday 6th May. That event represents an ideal opportunity to promote NZ forestry in all its diverse forms and at the same time publicly acknowledge the proactive efforts King Charles made to advance the cause of forestry under his stewardship as the Duchy of Cornwall. King Charles' succession to the throne requires that responsibility for the Duchy of Cornwall pass to the new Prince of Wales. NZIF members appreciate the efforts made by the Duchy to date and also recognise that the need for forests and forestry in all its forms is as great now as it has ever been.
Date: Wednesday 10th May,
Time: 1pm,
Location: Pakowhai Park.
All members welcome.
The Central North Island Local NZIF Section invites members to attend our next speaker evening.
Dr Tim Payn, Principal Scientist, Forest Ecology and Management, Scion Research will speak on “Cyclones, land use and forestry – how do we adapt?”
Tuesday 9th May 2023
Toi Ohomai Forestry Building, Rotorua
Networking drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm followed by the speaker at 6:15pm
Dr Payns’ talk, originally presented at the Royal Society Te Apārangi speaker evening in Wellington on the 3rd of May, will focus on the history of production forestry in New Zealand, how forests are managed today, and what changes could be made to reduce impacts from these extreme events in the future.
Global Virtual Field trip for Young Foresters
The NZIF in partnership with the national forestry institutes of Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada are hosting an online virtual field trip of young foresters to share and showcase their forestry backgrounds and work environments.
Join us on Friday 19th May at 7pm (NZ Time) to hear from young forestry professionals around the world as they outline why they got into the forestry, their respective roles and how they view the future. Our very own Future Foresters NZ will be chairing the event and showcasing the New Zealand perspective through professional documentary style video content that will be used for this event and for further industry promotion in 2023.
Forest food systems: optimizing benefits for biodiversity, climate and health
The United Nations’ FAO is organising regional consultations with the aim of identifying opportunities, challenges and region-specific support requirements for the conservation and sustainable use non-wood forest products NWFPs. The consultations will focus on forest plants, nuts, seeds, fungi and insects. The ultimate objective of FAO’s initiative is to contribute to conserving and restoring biodiversity while improving nutrition, food security, and livelihoods. Please see attached document.
There are three specific objectives for the consultations:
- Identify the main opportunities and challenges, and associated actions for the sustainable use of forest plants, fungi and insects and enhancing forest-agriculture linkages based on four thematic areas: Food security and nutrition, conservation and sustainable management, innovative and sustainable value chains, and enabling environment.
- Define a prioritsed agenda of action for each thematic area.
- Identify potential partners, and obtain firm commitments from interested stakeholders.
This event is an on-line event and runs from the 22-24th May, running from 1pm to 7pm days 2 and 3 and 4pm to 8pm day 1
“What we can do to empower Maori in the forestry sector”
Te Kapunga Dewes, CEO of Whenua Oho and Interpine Innovation will be speaking on;
“What we can do to empower Maori in the forestry sector”
Date: 23rd May 2023
Time: 6pm
Location: Toi Ohomai Forestry building
The presentation will start at 6pm with networking drinks and nibbles to follow.
Scion's Resilient Forests Research Programme Conference
The Resilient Forests Research Programme Conference will be held on 13th June 2023 at Scion, Rotorua and the Field Day on 14th June 2023 at Kinleith Forest.
The purpose of the conference is to inform an industry audience of our science highlights, both in terms of our discoveries but also what these will mean in the future for the industry. The two-day event will be of interest to forest managers, government, council representatives, and researchers. Day 1 will feature conference presentations and a networking session with an invited speaker who will address the role of resilient forests for New Zealand’s future. On Day 2 we will head out on a field trip to visit research sites in Kinleith Forest.
Please register here (note spaces are limited)
More detail will come soon on the conference programme and speakers.
Key themes that will feature in the conference include:
- Uncovering the radiata pine microbiome
- Quantifying the impact of needle diseases on growth
- Understanding pathogen epidemiology to support disease forecasting
- Classical and novel disease control options
- Autonomous forest health monitoring
- Investment Portfolio diversification to reduce uncertain risks
The emergence of environmental and social governance in determining industry social license to operate
Industry impact and uptake of research from the Resilient Forests Programme
Accelerating productivity on a range of sites
The Resilient Forests Research Programme started in October 2019, filling the gap left when the Growing Confidence in Forestry's Future (GCFF) and Healthy Trees, Healthy Future (HTHF) research programmes ended. At the outset, the programme set ambitious targets to address 3 key research questions of how to sustainably (1) increase productivity, (2) enhance resilience, and (3) manage risk and uncertainty associated with planted forests. The aim of the programme is to enhance the long-term productivity, socio-economic benefits, and resilience of production forests, ultimately supporting New Zealand’s transition to a low-carbon bioeconomy and meeting our agreed carbon reduction goals.
2023 ANZIF Conference
Date: Sunday 15 to Wednesday 18 October 2023
Location: Twin Towns Conference Centre, Gold Coast, QLD
www.forestryconference.com.au
The 2023 ANZIF Conference, the premier Asia-Pacific Conference for forest scientists, foresters and forest growers will be held from Sunday 15 to Wednesday 18 October 2023.
The theme of the conference, Embracing Our Natural Capital: The Science, Technology and Art of Managing Forests For All Values, will facilitate conversation and collaboration – highlighting the need for active and adaptive management of our natural capital using evidence-based and emerging innovation, technology, skills and knowledge to support our forests and secure our future.
The program will facilitate both structured and informal dialogue and networking, and will incorporate a day of field sessions to explore the conference themes. The 2023 ANZIF Conference will also feature a number of social functions, which will enable networking and collaboration in an informal and relaxed environment.
The Conference is an exciting joint event from both Forestry Australia and The New Zealand Institute of Forestry – and it builds on the enormous success of the 2019 ANZIF Conference held in Christchurch, and Forestry Australia’s 2021 National Conference in Tasmania. In 2023, the ANZIF Conference will be based in the spectacular Gold Coast region, and will be held at Twin Towns Conference Centre on the border of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2023 ANZIF Conference!
