Election 2023 - Foresty Policy
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Eugenie Sage
Link to
policy here
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Eugenie Sage
- Increase a focus on managing the native forests better by protecting them from pests, monitoring and pruning them for better growth, and selectively harvesting them sustainably for NZ buildings, furniture, carving etc.
- Provide greater opportunities for communities to create new areas of woodlots anf forest reserves for soil and water conservation, recreation and biodiversity.
- Work with industry to have at least 30% of the plantation forestry portfolio in superior high value species.
- Enable developing countries to protect their forests by actively advocating, in international forums on forestry and on climate change, for the establishment of a compensation and development fund, resourced by developed countries.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Joseph Mooney
Link to
policy here
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Joseph Mooney
- Boost wood processing by introducing one-year consents to establish new wood processing facilities.
- Build confidence in forestry by restoring the stability of Emissions Trading Scheme revenues for the sector.
- Mitigate slash and other environmental challenges with new fit-for-purpose rules for managing forests.
- Restore regional control of skills development for forestry by undoing the failed polytechnic mega-merger and returning control to the regions.
- Read more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Winston Peters
Link to
policy here
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Winston Peters
- Right tree, right place on land suited to forestry and protect productive farmland by excluding plantation forestry on LUC class 1, 2 and 3 land while limiting it to no more than 25% of LUC (Land Use Class) Class 4 land.
- Amend the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) to place a duty upon harvesters to contain and remove post-harvest slash.
- Amend the ETS to recognise farm forestry and shelter belts.
- Manufacturers Tax Rate of 20% will add tremendous value to raw logs.
- Amend the Overseas Investment Act to prevent foreign investment for farm forestry conversion on otherwise productive soils.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.