First 'slash nets' planned for Gisborne forestry blocks

Posted: 17 Oct 2024

A Gisborne forestry company plans to be the first in the region to install slash catching nets in a bid to prevent the sort of destruction caused by storms like Cyclone Gabrielle.

Aratu Forests wants to put the Swiss-designed high strength steel cable nets in three of its pine plantations in the coming years.

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