carbon farming is a failure

[C_T_Russell]

I call it greenwashing.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/gre...stry-in-nz

More farms lost to pines

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/paparoa-fa...43GAQG3TM/

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/east-coast-fa...takes-over


https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/nzs...e-strategy

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/...extinction

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/131324200...ash-review

Forestry has a dark side

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/time-for-stro...-pollution

We need native forest, not pines.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside...e-failures

[king1]

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...

[Praktica]

There's only one answer - decarbonisation. But then CT will whine about walking or cycling everywhere...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The reason pines are preferred over natives is they grow faster.

[harm_less]

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.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Investment sources prefer quick returns.

[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.