Pruning in a recession

Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2009, Issue N.Z.J.For. 54(2) 2009, pp 8-12, Aug 2009
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Abstract: Even though there’s a recession, do we still retain our enthusiasm for pruning? Might carbon credits change our thinking? In order to find the answers, the Journal of Forestry sent a questionnaire to 17 managers of the New Zealand forestry estate, including fifteen of the largest owners of forestry land: Hancock Natural Resource Group Kaingaroa Timberlands Matariki Forests Ernslaw One Weyerhaeuser New Zealand Juken New Zealand Panpac Forest Products Crown Forests (MAF) Timberlands West Coast (Olsens) Roger Dickie New Zealand Limited (Olsens) Blakely Pacific Wenita Forest Products Forest Enterprises Global Forest Partners City Forests NZ Forestry Group Warren Forestry Some fifteen of these enterprises responded. Due to the need for anonymity (commercial sensitivity) we were not able to link each respondent with an individual set of answers. Therefore, the results of this questionnaire are NON-QUANTITATIVE. They give an impression of the current thinking of some major players, rather than supplying quantitative data in the manner of the NEFD. The number of responses is in parentheses after each answer. Note that some respondents chose not to answer a particular question or else provided multiple answers for that question.

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