The regulations will apply to both plantation forestry and exotic continuous-cover forests (carbon forests) that are deliberately established for commercial purposes.

The change was necessary as the NES-PF only managed forests planted for harvest. Since the NES-PF was introduced in 2018, there has been an increase in carbon forests, which were not managed by the NES-PF.

For all the latest updates, see Resource Management — What's New and Salmon Environmental Law - What's New on Westlaw New Zealand.