As an overhauled rulebook for commercial forestry comes into force, there are concerns it could weaken safeguards as climate risks intensify.
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The devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle has left a significant scar on the land in Northland, the Coromandel and Hawkes Bay. But instead of replanting pine, we should return the land to native bush.
Radiata pine was originally a solution to land erosion – but this Number-8 wire fix is past its due date and the forestry industry will likely wear the cost of change.
Biofuels are heralded as a climate-friendly replacement of fossil fuels, but encouraging people to drive less and shift to other modes of transport would cut more emissions.
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, Te Kura Ngahere-New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury
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Emeritus professor, University of Canterbury
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Senior Associate Institute of Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand