KIWI LOGGERS ON BLUE GUM DIET

摘要

DIRECIDR OF New Zealand's Forest Industry Contractors Association John Stolen, says he is not surprised. "Naturally contractors want to stay in the industry." He says that, especially in the central North Island, contractors have paid the price for serious overcutting by Fletcher Challenge Forests and Carter Holt Harvey in the 2001-2003 period. They essentially cut out the good wood and contractors were out of work when cuts subsequently dropped." Stolen says this was doubly disappointing as contractors had been enticed back to the industry after the Asian crisis and heavily mortgaged themselves to buy new machines and equipment.