'A nice round number': Ikea owner sets sights on 100,000ha of local forests

'A nice round number': Ikea owner sets sights on 100,000ha of local forests

The investment arm of Ikea’s parent company plans to more than double its ownership of New Zealand forestry to 100,000ha. But the company is stressing that...

IKEA owner’s first New Zealand forest

Reading Time: 6 minutes Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts. By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ Converting farmland to forestry in the sensitive Catlins area of the South Island has been an opportunity to set good standards, says the forest management company tasked with the project, Southern Forests. The river which flows through parts of Wisp Hill Station forms the headwaters of the Catlins’ estua…