Foreign foresters could 'rip the heart out of rural towns' - Story - Business - 3 News

Foreign-owned "carbon [swindle] foresters" have ambitions to turn a fifth of New Zealand sheep and beef farmland into forests and that will devastate many rural towns, the national farmers' lobby says.
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"Carbon forestry doesn't need the same labour force as a farm and in some instances, after planting will require none. What will become of the shearers, mechanics, stock and station agents, builders or vets?