There's always two sides of the story and we embrace that.

Today we're talking native forests versus exotic ones like Pine - and whether the science actually stacks up for natives as the best carbon offsetting solution.

Recently the Ministry for Primary Industries took submissions on whether the planting of permanent exotic forests should be limited. 

We’ll talk to Mark Belton from Permanent Forests NZ, and Lucy Stewart, who's a senior scientist for Toha - a company focused on developing incentives for planting natives.

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