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Environment watchdog calls for forestry to be removed from emissions trading scheme

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is urging an overhaul of how forestry is handled under New Zealand's emissions trading scheme.

Skinny McBuntu

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton has called for forestry to be taken out of the emissions trading scheme. Upton is pushing for the scheme to be overhauled in how it treats forestry operations.

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Time to take forestry out of the emissions trading scheme – environment watchdog

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton is calling for the scheme to be overhauled.

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