Tēnā koe,

Registrations for the webinars and workshops regarding the consultation on proposals to update the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forests (NES-PF) are now open.

The webinars will be presentations on the key proposals for amending the NES-PF with the opportunity for questions and answers while the workshops will include deep dives on the various parts of the consultation document and an overview of the consultation document. Please find dates and times for the webinars and workshops below.

General webinar sessions

• 31 October, 1pm – 3pm
• 10 November 6pm – 8pm

Hapori Māori webinar

• 9 November 10am – 12pm

Technical workshops

• Technical workshop (Part A) – 1 November, 10am – 12pm
  A deep dive session on Part A of the consultation document, ‘Managing the environmental (biophysical) effects of exotic carbon forestry’.
• Technical workshop (Part B) – 3 November, 10am – 12pm
  A deep dive session on Part B of the consultation document, ‘Controlling the location of plantation and exotic carbon afforestation to manage social, cultural, and economic effects’.
• Technical workshop (Parts C and D) – 7 November, 2pm – 4pm
  A deep dive session on Parts C and D of the consultation document, ‘Improving wildfire risk management in all forests’ and ‘Enabling foresters and councils to better manage the environmental effects of forestry’.
• Technical workshop (All Parts – overview) – 14 November, 2pm – 4pm
  An overview of the proposals (Parts A – D) in the consultation document, ‘National direction for plantation and exotic carbon afforestation’.

You can find registration links, as well as more information on the consultation, by visiting the ‘National direction for plantation and exotic carbon afforestation’ consultation page on the MPI website.

If you have any questions, please contact us at mpi.forestry@mpi.govt.nz.

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