Wellington Regional Forests Wellington Regional Forests Forestry Rights Owned by: Resource Management Service FGI NZ Ltd Forest Management Plan For the period 2017 / 2022 Prepared by C R Richards PO Box 1127 ROTORUA Tel: 07 921 1010 Fax: 07 921 1020 [email protected] www.pfolsen.com FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN PEFC_01 Wellington Regional Forests Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................5 Foundation Principle. ..................................................................................................................5 About this Plan ............................................................................................................................5 The Landscape Context ............................................................................................................................6 2. The Forest Land ...........................................................................................................................6 Overview ......................................................................................................................................6 Legal ownership ...........................................................................................................................6 The Forestry Right .......................................................................................................................6 Forests & location ........................................................................................................................7 Topography ..................................................................................................................................7 Land use capability LUC ...............................................................................................................7 Climate .......................................................................................................................................8 3. Map 1 - Forest Location Map ......................................................................................................9 4. The Broader Landscape. ........................................................................................................... 10 The ecological landscape .......................................................................................................... 10 Historic and archaeological sites .............................................................................................. 11 5. Map 2 - Forest Ecological Context. ........................................................................................... 12 6. Socio-economic profile and adjacent land ............................................................................... 14 Forest history ............................................................................................................................ 14 Current social profile ................................................................................................................ 15 Associations with Tangata Whenua ......................................................................................... 16 Tenure & resource rights .......................................................................................................... 16 Neighbours ............................................................................................................................... 16 Recreational stakeholders. ....................................................................................................... 17 Regulatory Environment & Risk Management .................................................................................... 18 7. The Regulatory Environment & Risk ......................................................................................... 18 Regulatory considerations ........................................................................................................ 18 Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 ........................................................................................ 18 Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 .................................................................................. 19 The National Environmental Standard for Plantation forestry (NESPF) ................................... 20 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 .................................................................... 21 Consents & authorities held ..................................................................................................... 21 The Emissions Trading Scheme ................................................................................................ 22 Other relevant legislation ......................................................................................................... 22 8. Map 3 National Environmental Standard Erosion Susceptibility Classes in the RMS Estate. .. 23 9. Commercial Risk Management ................................................................................................. 24 Market access retention ........................................................................................................... 24 Log customer credit risk ........................................................................................................... 24 Infrastructure damage or service disruption ............................................................................ 24 Fire............................................................................................................................................24 Pests and diseases .................................................................................................................... 25 February / 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN PEFC_01 Wellington Regional Forests 10. Environmental Risk Management ............................................................................................ 26 Environmental risk .................................................................................................................... 26 RMS Statement of Intent .......................................................................................................... 26 Environmental policy ................................................................................................................ 27 EMS framework ........................................................................................................................ 29 Environmental Code of Practice ............................................................................................... 29 Forest Road Engineering Manual ............................................................................................. 29 Assessment of environmental risks .......................................................................................... 29 Hazardous substances management ........................................................................................ 31 PEFC hazardous chemicals policy ............................................................................................. 32 Management Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 33 11. Forest Investment Objectives ................................................................................................... 33 Management structure ............................................................................................................ 33 Business objectives ................................................................................................................... 33 The Managed Plantation Estate ........................................................................................................... 34 12. Commercial Plantation Estate .................................................................................................. 34 Forest area ................................................................................................................................ 34 Current species ......................................................................................................................... 34 Age class distribution ................................................................................................................ 35 Productivity indices .................................................................................................................. 35 Current crop status ................................................................................................................... 36 Carbon sequestration ............................................................................................................... 37 13. Map 2a - j - Forest Stands Map ................................................................................................. 38 Map 2b Hiwinui Forest Map ..................................................................................................... 39 Map 2c Hukinga Forest Map .................................................................................................... 40 Map 2d Mangaroa & Pakuratahi East Forest Map ................................................................... 41 Map 2e Pakuratahi West Map .................................................................................................. 42 Map 2f Puketiro Forest