The Forest Owners Association has told the ministerial inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti that the region's future must include more trees for land stability. However, it appreciates forest practices also have to improve with increasing land-use risks from climate change. The FOA has released its submission to the inquiry. It says it is looking at solutions to the wood and silt damage caused by cyclones Hale and Gabrielle in downstream areas. FOA president Grant Dodson said technical assessments showed the two cyclones shifted 100 million tonnes of soil in the region, with half of that then getting into waterways.

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