Forestry & the Environment
Forest Accord
The New Zealand Forest Accord forms the basis of the "Principles for Commercial Plantation Forest Management in New Zealand". You can read these principles here.
The Accord recognizes that commercial plantation forests are an essential source of perpetually renewable fibre and energy, offering an alternative to the depletion of natural forests.
The signatories to the Accord include:
- New Zealand Forest Owners Association (www.nzfoa.org.nz)
- New Zealand Farm Forestry Association (www.nzffa.org.nz)
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand (www.forest-bird.org.nz)
- World Wide Fund For Nature New Zealand (www.wwf.org.nz)
- Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (www.fmc.org.nz)
- Maruia Society (www.ecologic.org.nz)
