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The case for Better Forestry Encouragement
Authors: Andrew McEwenPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2010, Issue N.Z.J.For. 55(2) 2010, pp 16-17, Aug 2010
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: NZIF President Andrew McEwen ponders why society nationalises forestry’s “benefits” but only the “liabilities” of other land uses. The theme for this conference (“The Value of Forests in 2010”) follows on from two previous Institute conferences: • In 2006, we held “Absolutely Positively Forests”, at Te Papa in Wellington. The two days of papers were divided into sessions looking at the various benefits that forests provide (water, landscape, carbon storage, recreation, biofuels, timber, etc). We had papers on the science of the benefit, plus papers on aspects of management of forests in order to derive the benefit; • The Palmerston North Conference in 2008 was called “Forestry and Agriculture - Collaborating for Sustainability”. It looked at how the environmental services provided by forests can be integrated with agricultural production systems to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of both. The focus was on sustainability of catchments.