December 08, 2009

A pan-forest-industry conference in Auckland to be held on 4-5th March 2010 will focus on strengthening ties between the finance and forest products industries in New Zealand. The global recession has forced many industries to review their attitudes to risk and industry growth. Meanwhile New Zealand forestry has prospered through 2009 through exports and now looks set to capitalise on improving business conditions for both domestic and export products.

Many of the countries that are key buyers of our wood exports are now rebounding from recession. Forestry is also poised to capitalise on potential new rules for the next Kyoto Protocol commitment period which could make for huge change and growth in this carbon-friendly industry.Forest products companies in New Zealand have huge export opportunities in both bio-energy supplies and carbon credits– and finance company risk managers need to learn more about these.