20 Sep 2021

Carbon farming - "biggest change in land use"

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 20 September 2021
Pine forest Wairau River South Island. Forest. Forestry. Pine trees. Pinus radiata

Photo: 123RF

Concerns the boom in carbon farming will dictate the future of New Zealand's sheep, beef and production forestry, and questions over who has oversight over what one academic is calling "the biggest change in land use in New Zealand's modern history".  Kathryn speaks with Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness at Lincoln University Keith Woodford, who says the implications are massive.  Also Forest Owners Association chief executive Phil Taylor, also managing director of the American owned forestry management company Port Blakely.