The ForestWood 2018 Conference was held on Wednesday 21 March 2018 at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
The theme for 2018 was Growth versus Gremlins. After the new government unveiled its game-change plan for a billion trees, the national ForestWood conference picked up the working challenge. ForestWood 2018 was our first opportunity to seek out the ways to meet common objectives. What’s needed to get the billion trees growing in the right places to produce the right results and how to get fair competition for the logs being harvested now? Key issues discussed; where the land will come from, who is going to be doing the planting, the future of the ETS and the climate change impact, what the new Forest Service is going to be up to, and what encouragement is coming from the government to put the resulting timber production to good use.
Photos from the conference can be viewed and downloaded here.
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Conference Open and Welcome by Brian Stanley, Chair of the Wood Council of New Zealand |
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The Plan - Presentation not available. |
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Session One: Foreign Direct Investment - What's In It For Us |
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Where the Wild Things Are? Foreign Direct Investment in the New Zealand Forestry Sector |
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Session Two: Where a Billion Trees Will Go |
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Farm Land - A Land Bank Owner's Perspective |
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Māori Land |
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Crown Land |
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Session Three: The Future of New Zealand’s Forest Industry |
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A Future for Trees and Houses in NZ |
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Session Four: Why Wood First |
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Untying the Red Tape for Wooden Buildings - Presentation not available. |
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Why Wood is Good for the Environment and Our Health |
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The Challenge of Adopting/Advocating/Leading Wood First - Presentation not available. |
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Session Five: Industry Representation |
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Pan Industry Involvement in the Australian Government’s Plan - Presentation not available. Ross Hampton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forest Products Association |
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Wrap-up and final thoughts by Jon Tanner, Chief Executive, Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of New Zealand and David Rhodes, Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Forest Owners Association. |