China Forestry Group New Zealand Company Ltd Northern Region FSC Forest Management Plan For the period 2018 - 2023 Prepared by S E Moore PO Box 1127 ROTORUA Tel: 07 921 1010 Fax: 07 921 1020 [email protected] www.pfolsen.com FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FSCGS04 China Forestry Group New Zealand Company Limited 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 Forests & location ........................................................................................................................7 Topography ..................................................................................................................................7 Soils ........................................................................................................................................8 Climate ........................................................................................................................................9 3. Map 1 - Forest Location Map ................................................................................................... 10 4. The Broader Landscape ............................................................................................................ 11 Ecological Districts .................................................................................................................... 11 Reserves by Ecological District ................................................................................................. 12 Protective Status of the Forests by Ecological District ............................................................. 12 Historic and archaeological sites .............................................................................................. 13 Threatened Environments Classification .................................................................................. 13 5. Map 2 - Forest Ecological Context: Waitangi, Mahoe, Houto Forests ..................................... 14 Forest Ecological Context: Rototuna, Pouto Forests ............................................................................. 15 6. Socio-economic profile and adjacent land ............................................................................... 16 Forest history ............................................................................................................................ 16 Current social profile ................................................................................................................ 16 Associations with Tangata Whenua ......................................................................................... 18 Tenure & resource rights .......................................................................................................... 18 Neighbours ............................................................................................................................... 19 Regulatory Environment & Risk Management ...................................................................................... 20 7. The Regulatory Environment & Risk ......................................................................................... 20 Regulatory considerations ........................................................................................................ 20 Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 ........................................................................................ 20 Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 .................................................................................. 21 National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) ........................................ 22 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 .................................................................... 25 Consents & authorities held ..................................................................................................... 25 Emissions Trading Scheme ....................................................................................................... 25 Other relevant legislation ......................................................................................................... 26 8. Commercial Risk Management ................................................................................................. 27 Objectives, targets and monitoring .......................................................................................... 27 Market access retention ........................................................................................................... 27 Log customer credit risk ........................................................................................................... 27 Infrastructure damage or service disruption ............................................................................ 27 Fire ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Pests and diseases .................................................................................................................... 28 DECEMBER 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FSCGS04 China Forestry Group New Zealand Company Limited 9. Environmental Risk Management ............................................................................................ 29 Environmental risk .................................................................................................................... 29 Environmental policy ................................................................................................................ 30 EMS framework ........................................................................................................................ 31 Environmental Code of Practice ............................................................................................... 31 Forest Road Engineering Manual ............................................................................................. 31 Assessment of environmental risks .......................................................................................... 32 Hazardous substances management ........................................................................................ 33 Highly hazardous chemicals ..................................................................................................... 34 Management Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 35 10. Forest Investment Objectives ................................................................................................... 35 Management structure ............................................................................................................ 35 Business objectives ................................................................................................................... 35 The Managed Plantation Estate ............................................................................................................ 36 11. Commercial Plantation Estate .................................................................................................. 36 Productive Capacity strategy .................................................................................................... 36 Forest area ................................................................................................................................ 36 Estate profile ............................................................................................................................ 37 Current species ......................................................................................................................... 37 Age class distribution ................................................................................................................ 38 Current crop status ................................................................................................................... 38 Productivity indices .................................................................................................................. 39 Carbon sequestration ............................................................................................................... 40 Infrastructure............................................................................................................................ 41 12. Commercial Crop Establishment and Silviculture .................................................................... 42 Introduction