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CEO of the newly formed Future Forests Research Ltd (FFR) management company, Russell Dale will be looking to grow the funding base for research that will raise profitability for New Zealand forest investors and encourage expansion. Dale has held senior management positions with Forestry Corporation, Carter Holt Harvey and Kaingaroa Timberlands and signalled am emphasis on research in the areas of environmental forestry and harvesting.
"People are becoming more aware of how forestry can benefit the environment and communities in ways that go far beyond timber and fibre production, such as water and air quality and soil protection. The time has come for us to more fully understand the ways in which forestry can deliver these multiple benefits, while still making an important contribution to the economy."
FFR has been formed by the New Zealand forest industry and Crown Research Institute, Scion. The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology has committed $3 million per year for six years, with the industry contributing $1 million per year for three years.

Tassie Pulp Mill Gets Go-Ahead

5 October 2007
Australia’s federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has approved the controversial plan for a pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, with 48 conditions.
He was political-pressured on the decision after the Tasmanian Government and parliament gave the $2 billion Gunns Ltd project the green light.
Turnbull says the conditions imposed on the pulp mill development are the toughest in the world.
"This decision on the pulp mill is based on science and science alone," he told the media in Sydney on 4 October.
"In August, my department recommended 24 conditions be placed on the pulp mill for its approval. Today we are imposing an additional 24 environmental conditions which brings it to 48. These are the toughest environmental conditions ever imposed on a pulp mill anywhere in the world."
Gunns claims the pup mill will provide up to 2000 long-term jobs and add $6.7 billion to Tasmania's economic output over the next 25 years.
Crucial among the environmental conditions placed on the mill was the level of dioxins allowed to be discharged into Bass Strait.
Turnbull said: "This is the toughest environmental permit on any pulp mill in the world."

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