Download Report on the Year One Review of the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry

The National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) are regulations under the Resource Management Act 1991 and came into force on 1 May 2018. In December 2018, Forestry Ministers asked Te Uru Rākau and the Ministry for the Environment to carry out a review of the NES-PF that considered the matters agreed in the Terms of Reference. We have found that, overall, the NES-PF is effective, but further implementation support for councils and the forestry sector would lift performance and compliance.