Council’s forestry approach Debate

Economic Benefits - Population Growth

Option 2

The comment highlights that transitioning to a continuous and predominantly native forest would significantly enhance Nelson's recreational and aesthetic appeal, contributing positively to the city's living environment. This enhancement is seen as a potential driver for attracting more residents and tourists, thereby boosting local economic growth. The respondent also suggests that the value added to the city's environment and lifestyle could outweigh any economic profits or losses derived from traditional commercial forestry activities.

Table of comments:

Point No

Comment

657.1

a continuous and mostly native forest around Nelson would be a huge improvement for recreational amenity, aesthetics, and enhanced support to the halo-effect from the Brook sanctuary. We have seen multiple times the problems arising from clear-felling of pine forests in terms of the cost and inconvenience to ratepayers from an activity which seeks to provide profits for companies at the expense of the general public and ratepayer.this is another opportunity for Nelson to single itself out as the best living environment in NZ, bar non. Having a city backdrop of native forest and clear rivers would enhance the city well beyond any economic profit or loss equation