Forestry resources
A list of publications, tools, links and guides to help you manage your forest.
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Resources for:
- Covid-19 and Forestry
- Emissions Trading Scheme
- Harvesting
- Indigenous forestry
- Increasing the use of wood in the market place
- Industry organisations
- One Billion Trees
- Pests and diseases
- Sustainable Forestry Bulletin
COVID-19 and Forestry
Emission Trading Scheme
- An overview of forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) [PDF, 515 KB]
- ETS online system user guide [PDF, 955 KB]
Fact sheets and guidance
- Emissions returns [PDF, 235 KB]
- ETS land transactions [PDF, 242 KB]
- Glossary of ETS terms [PDF, 287 KB] [PDF, 5.9 MB]
- Joining the ETS [PDF, 256 KB]
- Offsetting deforestation of pre-1990 forest [PDF, 250 KB]
Field Measurement Approach
- FMA information checklist [PDF, 279 KB]
- Guide to the Field Measurement Approach [PDF, 2 MB]
- Guidance on permanent waivers for FMA participants [PDF, 57 KB]
Look-up tables
- Guide to using look-up tables [PDF, 2.7 MB]
- Look-up tables for pre-1990 forest [PDF, 458 KB]
- Look-up tables for pre-1990 forest land [PDF, 458 KB]
View the look-up tables for post -1989 land on the New Zealand Legislation website.
Climate Change (Forestry Sector) Regulations 2008 - New Zealand Legislation website
Mapping
- Geospatial mapping information standard [PDF, 348 KB]
- Guide to mapping forest land for the ETS [PDF, 787 KB]
- How to map forest land in the ETS [PDF, 1.4 MB]
Harvesting
Increasing the use of wood in the marketplace
- Wood use in multi-storey construction - Survey summary [PDF, 258 KB]
- Wood use in multi-storey construction - Survey report [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Indigenous forestry
Information
- Indigenous forestry newsletters
- Indigenous forestry on private land: Present trends and future potential [PDF, 80 KB]
- Indigenous Forestry on Private Land: Present Trends and Future Potential – An Update [PDF, 576 KB]
- Indigenous Forestry on Private Land: Sustainable indigenous forest management in accordance with Part 3A of the Forests Act 1949 [PDF, 593 KB]
- Indigenous forestry standards and guidelines [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- Indicative value of New Zealand's privately owned indigenous forests – report [PDF, 661 KB]
Measuring trees and logs
- Estimation of standing volume for indigenous tree species [XLS, 331 KB]
- Measuring indigenous trees and logs – A field guide [PDF, 8.8 MB]
Plans and permits
- A guide to preparing sustainable forest management plans, permit applications and annual logging plan [PDF, 423 KB]
- Regional maps of registered SFM plans & permits [PDF, 4.2 MB]
- Registered SFM plans & permits [PDF, 906 KB]
Production and trade data sets
- New Zealand’s forests – Yield, log types and land used
- Wood processing – Production and stock information
- Wood product markets – Volume and value of exports
- New Zealand's forests – Planted production forests statistics
Swamp kauri
Find indigenous forestry forms and templates
Industry organisations
- New Zealand Forest Owners Association
- New Zealand Institute of Forestry
- New Zealand Farm Forestry
- Forest & Bird
- Forest Industry Safety Council
- Safetree: injury prevention for New Zealand's forestry sector
One Billion Trees
Information
- Guide sheet 1: One Billion Trees Fund Direct Grants - Introduction to funding [PDF, 1.8 MB]
- Guide sheet 2: One Billion Trees Fund Direct Grants - Application process [PDF, 1.6 MB]
- Guide sheet 3: One Billion Trees Fund Direct Grants - Land preparation and planting information [PDF, 5.7 MB]
- Guide sheet 4: One Billion Trees Fund Direct Grants - Planting and management plans [PDF, 5.7 MB]
- Guide sheet 5: One Billion Trees Fund Direct Grants - Milestones and payments [PDF, 5.7 MB]
Planting and management plans
- Reversion planting [DOCX, 47 KB]
- Native planting [DOCX, 59 KB]
- Manuka/kanuka planting [DOCX, 53 KB]
- Exotic planting [DOCX, 51 KB]
Pests and diseases
- Forest health, pests and diseases hub – NZ Farm Forestry Organisation
- New Zealand Plants database – Landcare Research
- PaDIL: Biosecurity and biodiversity image library (Australian Government website)
- Plant-SyNZ (a herbivore biodiversity assessment tool) – Landcare Research
- What is this bug – Landcare Research
- November 2019: TS forestry regulations open for consultation
Sustainable forestry bulletin
The Sustainable forestry bulletin keeps people with an interest in forestry informed. Topics include forestry in the ETS and carbon forestry.
Subscribe to the Sustainable forestry bulletin
Previous newsletters
- 26 July – Registering post-1989 forest land in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
- 9 July – NZ ETS low-level infringement offences
- May 2021 - Minor updates to FMA regulations and advisory on processing of amendments of incorrect emissions returns
- 24 March 2021: ETS Forestry Regulations consultation update
- March 2021: March update
- March 2021: Have your say on the NZ ETS Forestry Regulations
- January 2021: New process and penalties for the Emissions Trading Scheme
- December 2020: Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme coming into effect on 1 January 2021
- June 2020: Emissions Trading Reform Bill receives Royal Assent
- April 2020: Electronic signatures can be used to submit paper-based forms
- March 2020: Climate change operations update COVID-19
- February 2020: Emissions returns for pre-1990 forest land deforested in 2019 are due by 31 March 2020
- December 2019: Proposed ETS forestry regulations submission period extended to make it easier for you to have your say
Careers in forestry
The Forestry Careers website has information to help you get started in the industry.
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