Roman Travers: The forestry industry needs to take full responsibility

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jan 23, 2023 · 1m

For as long as I can remember, farming and forestry have gone hand-in-hand. In fact, there was a huge push, back in the 80s for farmers to invest heavily in forestry but now the chickens have come to roost.

Federated Farmers is now calling on the government to establish an independent inquiry into the factors that contributed to the flooding and destroyed infrastructure from ex-tropical cyclone Hale.

The tragedy now is that every time there’s a rain event more ‘slash’ is washing down throughout The East Cape causing incredible damage and exponential costs for farmers and ultimately the…