New Zealand Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm ForestryRural Woman New Zealand Forest Committee Southland

摘要

This year's winner of the New Zealand Landcare Trust award is not the normal farm operation of the type which has won this award in the past. In New Zealand there are many community based organisations which provide fellowship for members, and supportmany community good activities. However there are few associated with forestry. The winner of this year's award is the group Rural Woman New Zealand Forest Committee Southland (Inc) which was formally a group formed by the Southland Women's Division ofFederated Farmers (WDFF). This group has a 60 year history, which was formed as an incorporated society, with the aims of bringing to the women of Southland an appreciation of the value tree planting. In addition it was hoped that the project would provide finance in the future to assist the various philanthropic works of the WDFF in Southland.