Cornered - Forestry Standard Worthless Without FSC

Fed up with being stalled by environmental groups in the Forest Stewardship Council certification process, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association published a ‘National Standard’ last year but without independent international accreditation it is of little use to the industry. Now it is in the process of assessing the forward options and it could be that a transtasman plantation forestry standard is one of the favourites.