Terms and queries about forestry and the tree crop
A levy applied to all harvested wood products (logs) and payable to the Forest Growers Levy Trust as per the Commodity Levies Act (2013). It is deducted at harvest. For further information on this levy visit the Forest Growers Levy Trust website.
The Plan sets out the activities for the establishment, management and harvest of the Radiata pine forest, the primary asset of Forest Enterprises' investments, and is carried out by Forest Enterprises as Forest Manager.
A right granted by the owner of land to someone else to establish and/or maintain and harvest a forest. Forestry Rights are commonly registered against the titles to the relevant land under the Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983.
Improving the growth performance, wood quality and other aspects of trees through breeding.
Changing the qualities of a particular species (plant or animal) by manipulating and changing the genetic structure of that species (e.g. by adding genetic material from another species). Forest Enterprises has no genetically modified trees. Ongoing research in this field is being undertaken by New Zealand’s forest research organisation, SCION but there are currently no [...]
GF stands for Growth and Form and is a rating system used to compare treestocks (genetics). In general, the higher the GF rating, the higher the assessed projected performance in terms of growth and form of the resulting trees.
A measurement of land area equal to 10,000 square metres.
A forest that occurs naturally, containing a diversity of native and endemic tree species which seed, grow, mature and die within the natural cycle. Indigenous (native) forests contrast with plantation forests that are planted as a crop.
The Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) cubic metre is a global industry standard measurement of log volume. JAS is a measure of useable log volume rather than weight. It is an attempt to measure the volume of the log available to the saw miller, involving special methodologies of assessing log diameter and length. Export log grades [...]
Areas within a forest where harvested logs are processed and loaded onto trucks for transport to a port or mill.