Carbon farming

David Norton on the upcoming limits to widespread conversion of productive farmland into exotic plantations while still allowing for sustainable afforestation that maintains biodiversity

David Norton on the upcoming limits to widespread conversion of productive farmland into exotic plantations while still allowing for sustainable afforestation that maintains biodiversity

Entire communities built around agriculture and livestock are dissolving as forest march into pastoral farming regions. Kate Acland sounds a warning that too much is being lost

Entire communities built around agriculture and livestock are dissolving as forest march into pastoral farming regions. Kate Acland sounds a warning that too much is being lost

Alliance Group faces big issues over carbon farming and its own corporate structure in the wake of a proposed closure of its meat works in Timaru

Alliance Group faces big issues over carbon farming and its own corporate structure in the wake of a proposed closure of its meat works in Timaru

Government to limit the amount of new forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme

Government to limit the amount of new forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme

Labour tightens rules for carbon farming and gives local councils authority to decide where and when they're permitted

Labour tightens rules for carbon farming and gives local councils authority to decide where and when they're permitted

The ACT Party's rural spokesperson sets out how they would approach emissions control in the rural sector and square it with our international obligations

The ACT Party's rural spokesperson sets out how they would approach emissions control in the rural sector and square it with our international obligations

National Party releases Getting Back to Farming policy which would cut regulations and welcome more foreign workers

National Party releases Getting Back to Farming policy which would cut regulations and welcome more foreign workers

David Norton says aspects of carbon farming with exotics are "ecologically fraudulent". "And I think we should be rewarding and providing an income for native forests as a permanent long term carbon sequestration tool, both post- and pre-1990"

David Norton says aspects of carbon farming with exotics are "ecologically fraudulent". "And I think we should be rewarding and providing an income for native forests as a permanent long term carbon sequestration tool, both post- and pre-1990"

Angus Kebbell makes the case for protecting livestock farming and resisting carbon farming as a better way to help New Zealand earn its way in the world - and be more honest in how we reduce our carbon footprint and sequester carbon

Angus Kebbell makes the case for protecting livestock farming and resisting carbon farming as a better way to help New Zealand earn its way in the world - and be more honest in how we reduce our carbon footprint and sequester carbon

The National Party tells farmers that if you sequester carbon and can measure and monitor it, that should count towards your farming contribution to carbon neutrality

The National Party tells farmers that if you sequester carbon and can measure and monitor it, that should count towards your farming contribution to carbon neutrality

Angus Kebbell talks to Damien O'Connor about sequestration, He Waka Eke Noa consultation, forestry's march and locking up food-producing land so companies can continue to pollute

Angus Kebbell talks to Damien O'Connor about sequestration, He Waka Eke Noa consultation, forestry's march and locking up food-producing land so companies can continue to pollute

David Frame on the ETS and HWEN, on afforestation, and how we can get to where we need to be climate-wise and still maintain the lifestyle we have - in spite of underperforming public institutions

David Frame on the ETS and HWEN, on afforestation, and how we can get to where we need to be climate-wise and still maintain the lifestyle we have - in spite of underperforming public institutions

Substituting food producing land for locked-up carbon forests just so international companies can avoid reducing their emissions appears to farmers as the ultimate in bad environmental policy. Phil Orme reviews what farmers can do to avoid the worst of it

Substituting food producing land for locked-up carbon forests just so international companies can avoid reducing their emissions appears to farmers as the ultimate in bad environmental policy. Phil Orme reviews what farmers can do to avoid the worst of it

Is carbon offsetting actually accelerating environmental collapse? Is NZ's rush to carbon farming contributing? Allan Barber says fixing the flaws is more than the current tinkering with the OIO

Is carbon offsetting actually accelerating environmental collapse? Is NZ's rush to carbon farming contributing? Allan Barber says fixing the flaws is more than the current tinkering with the OIO

NZU investors are now driving the price of carbon as they play the market

NZU investors are now driving the price of carbon as they play the market