Federated Farmers says the slash inquiry report is brilliant.
The report recommends an immediate halt on large-scale clear-felling of plantation forests.
It also calls for a Woody Debris Taskforce to lead clean-ups, transitioning extreme erosion zones out of pasture, and turning production forestry into permanent forest.
Federated Farmers Gisborne President Toby Williams told Heather du Plessis Allan that he agrees with the report that forestry has lost its social licence in the region.
He says millions of dollars is being exported to offshore companies who own them, and it's about time they paid the piper.
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