Replacing farms with Forests, what’s driving the trend w/ Bill Kaye Blake, Head Researcher at New Zealand Institute of Economic Research Inc

In a recent research paper funded by Our Land and Water National, the country will continue to see a significant shift away from livestock into pine forestry.

The implications this will have will not only be seen in nature, but also in the communities that rely on yearly income to support their families, rather than income that comes every twenty-five years. This paper also highlights the environmental issues that come with this transition, however neither are great for the environment.

Sasha spoke to Bill Kaye Blake, leading author of this paper on what’s driving the trend of replacing livestock farms with pine forestry.