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The forest industries sector is vitally important to the New Zealand economy - as an export earner and as an employer.
It's believed that there are more career choices within forest industries than any other sector in New Zealand industry.
And there's a lot more to forest industries than simply growing trees, chopping them down and cutting them up. Opportunities include careers in specialised fields like bio-security and bio-genetics, as well as pulp, paper and wood products manufacturing.
FACTS ABOUT THE FOREST INDUSTRY
(2006 FIGURES)
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In New Zealand, the forest industries sector accounts for 3.4% of GDP (gross domestic product).
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It is the country's third largest export earner with international sales in excess of $3.1 billion.
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More than 22,000 people are directly employed by forest industries with more than 100,000 employed indirectly.
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The sector is based on a sustainable, managed, planted production forest resource of 1.8 million hectares.
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The total harvest is approximately 19 million m3, of which 14 million m3 is further processed in New Zealand into lumber, panel products, joinery, furniture and pulp & paper products. The balance is exported as logs and poles.
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