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The Impact of Incentives on the Development of Plantation Forest Resources in New Zealand

MAF Information Paper No: 45

Prepared for MAF Policy by David Rhodes and John Novis

ISSN no: 1171-4654 
ISBN no: 0-478-07681-9

August 2002

Contents

• Disclaimer
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
  • Geographic and Economic Backgrounds
  • Role of the Forest Industry in the Economy
  • Role of Public and Private Sectors in Forestry
  • Current Forest Production and Conservation Policies
• General Overview of Plantation Forest Development
• Plantation Forest Development Prior to 1870
• Initial Recognition of Plantation Forestry and the Beginning of the Learning Curve (1870 to 1918)
  • Legislation
  • Local Level Afforestation Assistance
  • Trade Initiatives
  • Government Leadership and National Co-ordination
  • Government Afforestation
  • Government Supply and Demand Analysis
  • Government Subsidies
  • Indigenous Timber Controls
  • Period Summary and Conclusions
• Large Scale Government Planting (1919 to 1938)
  • Research
  • Subsidised Tree Stock
  • Support Services
  • Investigating Other Species
  • Improving the Economics
  • Provision of Labour
  • Construction Subsidy
  • Government Plantation Forestry
  • Impact on Private Afforestation
  • Period Summary and Conclusions
• Consolidation and a Focus on Utilisation (1939 to 1958)
  • Subsidised Processing and Associated Infrastructure
  • Tax Relief
  • Price Controls
  • National Forest Survey
  • Period Summary and Conclusions
• Planting in Partnership and Developing an Export Industry (1959 to 1984)
  • Government Sponsored Promotion
  • Loans and Grants Schemes
  • Taxation
  • Māori Leased Land
  • National Forestry Development Conferences
  • General Export Incentives
  • Tariffs
  • Research
  • The National Exotic Forest Description
  • Forestry Education
  • The Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983
  • Period Summary and Conclusions
• The End of Subsidies and the Removal of Disincentives (1984 – 2002)
  • General Economic Reforms
  • Government Plantation Forestry
  • Amendments to the Taxation Regime
  • The Resource Management Act 1991
  • The Internationalisation of New Zealand Plantation Forestry
  • Environmental Accords
  • Government Extension Services
  • Price as an Incentive
  • Multi Purpose Plantation Encouragement
  • Government Facilitation of Value-Added Processing
  • Indigenous Forest Management
  • Climate Change
  • International Issues
  • New Planting
  • Period Summary and Conclusions
• Conclusions and Future Directions
  • Conclusions
  • Plantation Forestry as a New Industry in New Zealand
  • Plantation Forestry as a Developing Industry in New Zealand
  • Plantation Forestry as a Mature Industry in New Zealand
  • Future Directions
  • Concluding Comment
• References and Websites
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