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We need a national forest policy
Authors: Julian BatesonPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2013, Issue N.Z.J.For. 58(1) 2013, pp 2, May 2013
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: A hundred years ago this month the Royal Commission on Forestry presented its report. In this issue of the Journal of Forestry we look at this Royal Commission report, viewed from 1913 as well as from the present day. The report has had many comments made about it. These include ‘far-sighted and comprehensive’, ‘the first independent review of the state’s role in plantation forestry’, ‘a quite remarkable document’ as well as ‘on the whole not an impressive document’. Chris Goulding presents a comprehensive analysis and summary and Michael Roche looks at the report from today’s perspective. Peter Berg describes some of the events from around 1987 when the major restructuring of the Forest Service occurred. Finally in this feature on the Royal Commission, Andrew McEwen outlines why he thinks New Zealand has a greater need now for a national forest policy than at any time since the Royal Commission report was published in 1913.