Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 28, 2023 2:54:01 GMT 12
MĀORI FORESTRY: GOVERNMENT TO CO-INVEST IN ONSHORE WOOD PROCESSING
Forestry minister Peeni Henare has announced a government plan to co-invest in onshore wood processing capacity - which has potential positive flow-on effects for Māori.
The relevance for Māori - as highlighted by Crown research institute Scion - is that Māori own 48 per cent of commercially planted forest land in Aotearoa and have signalled a desire to participate more actively with forest growing and wood processing to achieve greater economic returns and social benefits.
Speaking at the Wood Processers and Manufacturers Association conference in Rotorua on Thursday, Henare said a $57 million fund will be established to partner with wood processors to co-invest in capacity to create products like sawn structural timber and engineered wood......
www.teaomaori.news/maori-forestry-government-co-invest-onshore-wood-processing
Forestry minister Peeni Henare has announced a government plan to co-invest in onshore wood processing capacity - which has potential positive flow-on effects for Māori.
The relevance for Māori - as highlighted by Crown research institute Scion - is that Māori own 48 per cent of commercially planted forest land in Aotearoa and have signalled a desire to participate more actively with forest growing and wood processing to achieve greater economic returns and social benefits.
Speaking at the Wood Processers and Manufacturers Association conference in Rotorua on Thursday, Henare said a $57 million fund will be established to partner with wood processors to co-invest in capacity to create products like sawn structural timber and engineered wood......
www.teaomaori.news/maori-forestry-government-co-invest-onshore-wood-processing