Moving forestry away from “business-as-usual”

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New Zealand

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Forestry management around the world, including New Zealand, has become increasingly productive for timber over the last 150 years. But alongside this success, NZ’s forests (including its native ones) have also been impacted negatively from introduced pests, diseases, and a changing climate. NZ researchers describe a framework that, over the course of several decades, moves forests away from “business as usual” forest management to one they say would improve environmental outcomes for both productive and non-productive forests. Such transitions are “urgently needed” for New Zealand, they write.