We practice sustainable forest management in both our indigenous, old-growth NZ beech forest (Stainart Forest) as well as our pine plantation.

In New Zealand nearly all native forest management is under sustainable management, by law. Private foresters of native forest must obtain either a Sustainable Forest Management Permit (SFMP) or develop and submit for approval a Sustainable Management Plan.

Fa Dubois has applied for and received a Sustainable Forest Management Permit for Stainart Forest. Much of the information in this section was developed during the submission process. It is included here as a possible service to others to support them in their application process, but also because it's just a wealth of information about the forest and indigenous flora and fauna which others may find useful. We continue to develop this information as we learn more about the resources we steward.

We owe a great debt of appreciation to the previous owners of Stainart Forest who were respected foresters and who developed the original plan and laid the groundwork for much of what we know about Stainart Forest. These are NZ top foresters and researchers Gordon Baker and Udo Benecke. We aim to continue their work by applying many of their research findings about beech forests.