Federated Farmers campaign against pine tree planting initiative

Under the Emissions Trading Scheme, planting pine trees for carbon credits is causing land to be repurposed, as it is generally more profitable to plant pine trees than to farm sheep.

Parliament's own environment watchdog has questioned successive governments' reliance on planting trees to meet climate targets.

Now, Federated Farmers have put up a billboard in Wellington, claiming "sheep are not the problem".

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