08-11-2022, 12:58 PM
(08-11-2022, 11:54 AM)king1 Wrote:(08-11-2022, 11:39 AM)jilledge Wrote: There doesn't appear to be any logical reason to exclude them - they often take up hectares and hectares of land, and sequest a lot of carbon. However the Govt. appears intent on turning good food producing land into scorched earth with pinus radiata sitting on top of it.
It is simply another example of the Govt. not actually knowing what they are doing and refusing to accept that others know better - hence the one source of truth comment. They are horrendous.
I might accept that if it had solely been a decision of this government, but the ETS has been around since well before the present government. Many governments including National led, have guided it and presumably many millions were spent on consultants over the years to get to where we are now... just kind of feel it's a bit disingenuous to blame a single person for it...
You do sound like you have a pre 1990 native forest in the backyard...
The most recent aspect pertains specifically to
farmers and the aspects above are not included. This was put in place by this Government. They only want pine trees it appears.