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Nelson/Marlborough Forest Industry and Wood Availability Forecasts, 2006

Summary

The Nelson/Marlborough region has a mature forest industry with a well-managed forest estate. The region also has a good mix of wood processing plants. The region has many positive features, and wood availability forecasts show an increasing harvest over the next harvest cycle.

This report presents a number of future wood availability scenarios, which show that the increases in wood availability will mainly depend on the harvesting decisions of the large number of small-scale forest growers that are concentrated in Marlborough.

The future will present some ongoing challenges for the industry, but the past development of the forest industry in Nelson and Marlborough provides a robust platform for the sector's future. The challenges will be greatest in Marlborough, where the industry has less wood processing infrastructure and an increasing level of wood flow from the large numbers of small-scale forest holdings.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Overview
• The forest growing sector
  • Forest owners
    • Weyerhaeuser New Zealand Incorporated
    • Carter Holt Harvey Forests
    • GMO Renewable Resources
    • Flight Forestry Ltd
    • Nelson Pine Industries Ltd
    • Marlborough Regional Forestry
    • Tasman District Council
    • Manuka Island Trust
    • UBS Resource Investments International
    • Matariki Forests
    • Wakatu Incorporation
    • Small-scale forest owners
  • Nurseries
    • Horizon2 Ltd
    • Appleton's Tree Nursery
  • Species composition
  • Age-class distributions
  • Harvest trends
  • Harvest intentions survey
• Wood availability forecasts
  • Scenarios for radiata pine
    • Scenario 1: Harvest all areas at age 30
    • Scenario 2:Large-scale owners harvest at stated intentions, small-scale owners harvest at age 30
    • Scenario 3: Non-declining yield (NDY) - target rotation 30 years
    • Scenario 4: Split NDY - target rotation 30 years
    • Scenario 5: Target rotation age variations
  • Scenarios for other species
  • Data
    • Method used to obtain area
    • Method used to develop yield tables
    • Large-scale owners' harvest intentions
  • Wood availability forecasts for Nelson
    • Assumptions
    • Scenario 1
    • Scenario 2
    • Scenario 3
    • Scenario 4
    • Scenario 5
    • Scenarios for other species
  • Wood availability forecasts for Marlborough
    • Scenario 1
    • Scenario 2
    • Scenario 3
    • Scenario 4
    • Scenario 5
    • Scenarios for other species
  • Wood availability forecasts for the combined Nelson/Marlborough estate
    • Scenario 4
    • Scenario 5
• The wood processing industry
  • Log flow in the Nelson/Marlborough region
  • Production data, 1996 to 2005
    • Sawn timber production
    • Sawn timber exports
    • Log exports
  • Sawmills and wood processors
    • Carter Holt Harvey
    • South Pine (Nelson) Ltd
    • Waimea Sawmillers Ltd
    • Weyerhaeuser NZ Ltd
    • Flight Timbers Ltd
    • Goldpine
    • Nelson Pine Industries
• Infrastructure
  • Ports
    • Port Nelson
    • Port Marlborough
  • Road transport
  • Rail transport
  • Energy
• Opportunities and constraints
  • Opportunities
    • Increases in wood availability
    • New processing opportunities
    • Innovative people
    • Industry structure
    • Biofuels potential
    • Raised industry profile
    • Positive attributes of the region
  • Constraints
    • National constraints
    • Processing expansion constraints
    • Changes in the local industry structure
    • Need for infrastructure development
    • Requirements of the Resource Management Act
    • Shortage of skilled labour
  • Concluding comments
• Websites for more information
• Appendix A: Nelson harvest intentions survey results
• Appendix B: Marlborough harvest intentions survey results
• Appendix C: Wood availability forecasts - supporting tables

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