Pine ‘quick fix’ will burn us in the end

Pine ‘quick fix’ will burn us in the end

Reading Time: 3 minutes Planting pines for carbon credits as a greenhouse gas emissions solution is a wasteful quick fix that sets us up for bigger problems down the line, Kerry Irvine says.  “It’s short-term thinking that locks in poor land use and will come back to bite us in terms of the environment, rural community viability and the economy,” the newly elected Federated Farmers Nelson president says.  He sees no problem with genuine producti…