By Susan Harris* Over the past two years there has been a stream of articles, commentary and even prime time television ads claiming that carbon forestry is taking over good farmland, reducing the production of food, and causing rural depopulation and rural school closures. This seems odd when the total area of land in registered carbon forest is now 190,000 ha less than the 750,000 ha originally registered in 2008. A large drop in the price of carbon credits in early 2013 saw the removal of 350,000 ha from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS), leaving 400,000 ha remaining.

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