UPDATE – 3 NOVEMBER 2023
The National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (NES-CF) came into effect on 3 November 2023.
The Ministry for the Environment and MPI are developing guidance to help you understand and implement the National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (previously Plantation Forestry). At this time existing guidance for the NES-PF still apply where amendments have not been made.
National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry – Ministry for the Environment
UPDATE – 4 OCTOBER 2023
Changes have been made to how the effects of commercial forestry are managed. The changes give councils more power to decide where new forests are located, and the regulations now apply to both plantation forestry and exotic continuous-cover forests (carbon forests) that are deliberately established for commercial purposes.
The regulations are now called the National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (NES-CF). They were previously called the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF).