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carbon farming is a failure - C_T_Russell - 31-03-2023
I call it greenwashing.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/greenwashing-and-the-forestry-industry-in-nz
More farms lost to pines
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/paparoa-farm-sold-to-swiss-forestry-firm/H66BQVDYOVDRJOZST43GAQG3TM/
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/east-coast-farm-collapses-after-maori-carbon-group-takes-over
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/nzs-fatally-flawed-climate-change-strategy
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/1/29/greening-ourselves-to-extinction
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131324200/groundswell-nz-says-overseas-carbon-farmers-need-to-be-included-in-slash-review
Forestry has a dark side
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/time-for-stronger-forestry-regulations-to-control-pollution
We need native forest, not pines.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/484691/time-to-invest-in-native-planting-after-bola-pine-failures
RE: carbon farming is a failure - king1 - 31-03-2023
yes I think the recent storms up north have certainly highlighted the slash problem and the very real impact it can cause.
The industry is long overdue a shakeup in terms of practices, but I still feel the ETS has a place in managing carbon emission
The farms being bought up? well i might suggest that these were probably less or unprofitable farms being sold off, people don't usually sell a money maker...
RE: carbon farming is a failure - Praktica - 31-03-2023
There's only one answer - decarbonisation. But then CT will whine about walking or cycling everywhere...
RE: carbon farming is a failure - Oh_hunnihunni - 31-03-2023
The reason pines are preferred over natives is they grow faster.
RE: carbon farming is a failure - harm_less - 31-03-2023
(31-03-2023, 05:02 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: The reason pines are preferred over natives is they grow faster.Prime example of 'easy come, easy go'. NZ grown pinus radiata has ridiculously low durability due to a large degree to its rapid growth rate. As a result the standard procedure of making it too toxic to rot is the only way to extend its expected life into something acceptable. Investing extra years in growing native species would be so much better on so many levels.
RE: carbon farming is a failure - Oh_hunnihunni - 31-03-2023
Investment sources prefer quick returns.
RE: carbon farming is a failure - C_T_Russell - 01-04-2023
(31-03-2023, 10:06 AM)king1 Wrote: yes I think the recent storms up north have certainly highlighted the slash problem and the very real impact it can cause.The government keep saying they will address these concerns, but not much had been done yet.
The industry is long overdue a shakeup in terms of practices, but I still feel the ETS has a place in managing carbon emission
The farms being bought up? well i might suggest that these were probably less or unprofitable farms being sold off, people don't usually sell a money maker...
I wouldn't have so much of an issue if they actually dropped the permanent plant and leave concept with pines. Should just do it all in native.
Then they make the excuse about "we can't tell people what do do with their land" but it's their policy tha makes it so attractive to plant out in pines go begin with! It's only about the money for the majority in the ETS.