Webinar: Marlborough's future is durable

Overview

NZ Dryland Forests Innovation has developed a case study on how investment in planting durable eucalypt species could contribute to regional economic sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Marlborough’s wine industry.

Their research is providing a market- and science-based pathway for developing this novel land use and future supply chain. Developing a regional plan for a new forestry and wood processing supply chain could improve long-term sustainability and resilience for Marlborough’s wine industry and generate new investment and employment.

Contributors to the study include the Marlborough Research Centre, University of Canterbury’s School of Forestry and the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand.

This webinar will be a more detailed look at some of the case study projections and the field-based research that went into the case study.  This includes novel use of LiDAR to measure whole-tree biomass.  One output of the project is the first-ever regional E. globoidea growth and carbon sequestration model, which has some surprising results.  

p.millen [at] xtra.co.nz (email Paul Millen to register)      |      Download webinar flyer here

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