carbon farming is a failure

[C_T_Russell]

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...

The government keep saying they will address these concerns, but not much had been done yet.
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.