FORESTRY
Forestry Management
At Saathof Forestry we believe that proper forestry management is the number one priority. A highly valuable crop will maximise the return on your investment. Our strong history in commercial forestry management gives us the experience to provide the optimum management solutions for our clients which realises into operational industry best practice, financial return and client satisfaction. Our forestry management services include:
Forest establishment
Silviculture - pruning / thinning
Protection - fire / pest / disease
Forest mapping and GIS capability
Budgeting and cashflow analysis
Environmental management
Health & Safety management
Harvesting & Marketing
Every forest owner has different priorities, and you only get one chance to harvest, so you need to make the most of it! We believe in open transparency during the harvesting and marketing stage of the investment. We encourage our clients to complete an open book, managed-sale. But we can also facilitate other methods of sale.
We manage all aspects of environmental compliance (National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-CF) and compliance to Health & Safety legislation. We have a good working relationship with both the regional and district councils, along with utilities providers, ensuring you are covered when harvesting commences. To get the best out of harvesting your trees and ultimately your financial return, we can help you with:
Develop a harvest plan
Knowing exactly what log grades your forest contains
Selecting a logging contractor that is honest, reputable and safe
Cutting logs for best value recovery
Marketing each log grade for the best price
Ensuring your land is left tidy and ready for a new crop.
Meet or exceed environmental requirements
Consultation and Investment
Maximise returns from your forestry investment with professional advice. Whether you want to call in for a chat over a cup of tea, or invite us to speak to your board of directors, we’re keen to chat. We are members of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry, so you can be assured that you are receiving the very highest level of forest management service.
At Saathof Forestry, we can provide advice on planting through to harvesting and are happy to help with your investment decisions. We provide due diligence to a suite of existing clients for property acquisitions to ensure they buy land that is suitable for forestry. We want to help you make the best decision when investing in trees.
We have a number of associated industry professionals that we work with who can assist with further expertise in inventory assessment and forest valuation. This can be done in conjunction with Saathof Forestry Services or directly with the client to ensure the best result.
Forest Engineering
The largest components that undermine the return from your trees is the cost of harvesting, constructing roads and engineering. It is crucial to have quality planning and implementation to ensure that harvesting and roading are optimised and tailored to the topography. This can save you a lot of cost and hence results in a greater financial return.
Saathof Forestry has the capability and experience to plan your harvest, apply for required resource consents, provide technical expertise for culvert calculations, road survey and design.
Our harvest planning and engineering services include:
Strategic and operational harvest planning
Project assessment and feasibility studies
Bridge, culvert and ford design
Road and landing design (RoadEng)
Contract management, site supervision and quality assurance
Stream modeling (HEC-RAS) for slash set back
Stormwater management plans
Harvest Planning
The foundation of a successful harvest is a robust and well thought-out harvest plan. This enables safe and efficient use of harvest machinery, minimising environmental impact.
We provide contract planning services across New Zealand and underpinned by time on the ground and in office analysis produce high quality plans and maps to support harvest operations. Where required we also undertake cable analysis and road and skid design (RoadEng).
Carbon Forestry
Today trees are not only grown for wood products but also as a store of carbon which materialises into another income stream from your forest. Saathof Forestry Services can help you make the most of this opportunity under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). A forest is a living, breathing carbon sink. The ETS recognises that forests sequester carbon and as a result forest owners are rewarded with carbon credits. These credits can be sold as they are generated or used to offset other activities so that your business can be carbon neutral.
Saathof Forestry can help you:
Classify your land under the ETS (Eligibility Assessment)
Register your post-1989 forest land
Map out your forest (GIS Shapefile creation)
File emission returns - voluntary and mandatory
Evaluate carbon planting opportunnities
Environmental Health & Safety
Land stewardship and keeping people safe is our equal number one priority. We need to operate in a manner that is sustainable to both our people and our land. At Saathof Forestry we look beyond today, and out to the future generations that will work the land we are currently managing.
We apply a comprehensive management effort to meet NES-PF requirements and adhere to Health & Safety legislation. We are committed to achieve the highest standards. To realise this, we have systems and procedures to:
Comply with all relevant legislation
Plan our operations to meet environmental and health & safety values
Ensure the effectiveness of Saathof Forestry’s performance by conducting regular audits on ourselves and our contractors.
