Insight for Sunday 2 November 2008

The forestry industry is banking on the dawning era of carbon markets to power it out of the doldrums.

Despite all the bold predictions of a bright future, the forests are shrinking and saw mills are closing around the country; 19 in the last year, 2 of those in the last month.

But as Ian Telfer has been finding out, the sector might finally have picked a winner.