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Forests for Farmers
The Forest Owners Association says there are terrific opportunities for farmers to get into forestry now the government's announced an ambitious scheme to plant an extra billion trees in the next…
AudioETS needs tweaking to meet climate change commitments
The Government says the Emissions Trading Scheme will have to be tweaked if New Zealand is to meet its climate change targets. Audio
Treasury suggests agriculture could be included in ETS
The Treasury says the Government faces big bills in the future through the Emissions Trading Scheme, and suggests one solution could be to make agriculture start paying its way. Audio
David Hall - Planting for Our Future
New Zealand lost close to 140,000 hectares of forest between 2001 and 2014 according to World Forest Watch. The bulk of that loss was made up of forestry plantations being harvested and not replanted… Audio
Is it time to add agriculture to NZ's ETS?
New Zealand is becoming a laggard on climate change and needs to include agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme, an agri-business expert says. Audio
Greens welcoming Westpac's report on Paris Agreement
One of the country's biggest banks says the Government's decision to go easy on farming's greenhouse gas emissions will cost the country dearly. Audio
Cost of carbon going up
The cost of pouring greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere has reached the highest level in four years.
Seth Shostak - Life in Space
Senior astronomer and Director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California. Seth Shostak is coming to New Zealand as a guest speaker at the Aoraki Mackenzie… Audio
Govt's sustainable forestry claims challenged
The Farm Forestry Association is challenging what the government calls New Zealand's 'sustainable forestry story'.
Calls for the government to take forestry seriously
Is the government taking the forestry industry seriously enough? The Forestry Institute says keeping agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme has resulted in unintended subsidies to farming -… Audio
