Forestry conversions election promise misses its deadline
10 May, 2021 08:30 PM
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By Sally Murphy of RNZ.
The government has failed to meet a deadline it set itself to give local councils more control when dealing with forestry conversions.
Last year the Labour Party made a pre-election promise that it would give local councils the power to determine what classes of land could be used for forestry in the first six months of its term.
This was in response to concerns from some rural communities that too much productive land was being lost to forestry.
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They say it is a special environment that needs to be protected. But the company that has bought the farm, New Zealand Carbon Farming, said its forests provide a rich habitat for the county's unique native flora and fauna.