About Forestry Investment
New Zealand Plantation Forestry
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The ability to compete internationally is ultimately determined by competitive advantage. The higher the international prices, the greater the return to the investor.
New Zealand's Radiata pine plantation forestry has many key competitive advantages, including -
Forests are plantation based
Radiata Pine grows fastest in New Zealand
New Zealand is located next to growth markets
New Zealand leads the world in forest research
The Forest Accord
You can also find out more about New Zealand forestry in the Forestry in New Zealand section.
Forests are plantation based
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Pictured are seedlings in a nursery being lifted (removed from the ground) for field planting.
Plantation forests are crops of trees planted for future harvest, similar to the many other crops planted for human consumption.
Indigenous forests on the other hand are a natural and critical part of the bio-diversity sustaining life on earth and are to be preserved.
Radiata Pine grows fastest in New Zealand
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The graph measures the mean annual increment in cubic metres per hectare (Source: NZ Forest Industries Strategy Study (NZFIC, 1992)
Radiata pine is one of the fastest growing commercial softwoods in the world and in New Zealand we can grow it faster than in any other country.
New Zealand is located next to growth markets
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New Zealand is located on the door step of Pacific Asia.
Pacific Asia is experiencing major population growth and although it has recently suffered a financial crisis, is still projected in the medium term to experience rapid economic growth. Both of these factors will increase the area's demand for wood products.
Many of the countries in Pacific Asia are substantially reducing the harvest from their depleted indigenous forests. This will both reduce world supply and increase local demand.
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Projected
growth in demand: |
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Sawn wood |
25% |
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Paper and Board |
53% |
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Plywood |
43% |
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Particle Board |
93% |
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Source: Asian Development Bank. Manila |
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New Zealand leads the world in forest research
As a result of the work of the New Zealand Forest Research
Institute at Rotorua, Radiata pine is the most intensively researched and best understood planted production forestry species in the world.
Forest Accord
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The New Zealand Forest Accord forms the basis of the principles for commercial plantation forest management in New Zealand.
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.
Click here to learn more about the Accord, including the principles.