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The New Zealand Government is taking a stand against illegal logging by introducing a new requirement for retailers to clearly display whether they have information about the legality of their kwil

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

My colleague Transport Minister Annette King is unable to be with us today to share this celebration, and she asked me to pass on to you her congratulations and very best wishes for a successful da

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

New Zealand’s forest cover is largely unchanged because deforestation caused by land use changes, such as clearing forests to create more dairy farms, has been matched by replanting and new f

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The deforestation statistics as contained in a MAF report published today are as expected, Forestry Minister Jim Anderton said.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The Labour-Progressive Government is to adopt a comprehensive package of measures to address the issue of illegally-logged wood products, Forestry Minister Jim Anderton announced

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The Afforestation Grant Scheme is designed to encourage more planting of trees in small forests and on farms.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Forestry Minister Jim Anderton today opened a new NZ Trade and Enterprise office in the world’s most populous city, Mumbai.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Forestry Minister Jim Anderton leaves New Zealand on Saturday to lead a trade mission to India.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The latest survey of deforestation intentions shows that forest owners intend to dramatically reduce deforestation as a result of the proposed emissions trading scheme, Forestry Minister Jim Andert

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The Labour-Progressive Government today welcomed the contribution to the climate change policy debate from the ‘Flexible Land Use Alliance’ but warned that the issues are not as straigh

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

A draft of the emissions trading regulations for forestry and liquid fossil fuels was released today by Climate Change Minister David Parker and Forestry Minister Jim Anderton.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

State Owned Enterprises Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that the assets of Timberlands West Coast Ltd are to transfer to Crown Forestry as the SOE can no longer operate as a successful busi

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The establishment of two bio-char professorships at Massey University is another important step on the path towards New Zealand becoming a low-carbon nation, Forestry Minister Jim Anderton said tod

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Forestry Minister Jim Anderton today applauded the awarding of a Canadian Wood Council “Wood Advocate – Wood Champion” award to Auckland University professor Pierre Quenneville.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

The government is working in partnership with the industry to unleash its potential

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Wood is part of the environmental solution

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Forestry will be the first sector to join the Government’s newly-announced emissions trading scheme

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Wood is environmentally friendly because it's energy efficient

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Wood takes less than a tenth of the energy of steel and concrete and is cheaper

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Illegal logging is costing New Zealand wood producers hundreds of millions of dollars in the global marketplace.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

These initiatives will lead to more wood being used

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

New Zealand is setting a benchmark of excellence in environmental practice

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Within a year, new government-funded building projects for buildings up to four floors (including the ground floor) will have to commission designs and at least consider options for using wood or wood-based products as the main structural materials.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Changing from a tender process to one of direct grants removes uncertainty

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry