wilding pines Archive

  • frog

    Hugging trees: with a spade, trap and chainsaw - by frog



    A Wellington couple, entreprenuerial tree-huggers if you wish, criticise Fed Farmer’s head-in-the-sand attitude on climate change in the Nelson Mail today. They’ve invested in carbon farming a 47ha block of marginal land in Golden Bay. Jonathan Kennett and Bronwen Wall aren’t wringing their hands or seeking emissions subsidy handouts; they’re getting their hands dirty planting [...] read more
    December 2, 2009 1:16 pm - No Comments
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    Wild and perverse ETS disincentives - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    For the first six months of this year, wilding pine control cost DOC $811,000 in carbon liabilities – a large amount for a department that has already had its budget for this year cut by $13.5 million. That money could have saved some endangered species, increased the area of land under pest control, or – got rid of more wilding pines. read more
    September 22, 2009 1:27 pm - 39 Comments