About

Forest Information Update is produced by Trade and Media Services Limited, a company with more than 20 years’ experience in forest sector reporting and publishing. FIU was originally produced by Gyde Lund more than 10 years ago. When Gyde decided to go in another direction, TMS principle Mike Smith offered to continue producing FIU and has done so since the start of 2007.

Mike has been professional journalist since 1976. In 1978, his first encounter with forestry politics came when he reported on activists from the Native Forest Action Group who tied themselves into the high branches of 1000-year-old totara trees in Pureora Forest in New Zealand’s central North Island region. In the 1980s, he reported for the National Business Review on forestry matters, including the corporatisation of the NZ Forest Service, the expansion and then virtual of large forest products groups, such as Fletcher Challenge and Carter Holt Harvey, and their dismemberment in the wake of the 1987 share market crash.

In 1993, Mike established Business Media Services Ltd (BMS) to provide contract writing, editing and publishing services. This work continues today, assisting clients to produce reports and books utilising the latest Digital Publishing technology.

And in 1994, he established Trade and Media Services Ltd (TMS) to publish the Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Journal as a way of providing a window on the dynamic countries of the South for those in the North. TMS now produces the following:

• The fortnightly Southem Online news headlines service;
• The quarterly Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Journal (now into its 16th year of publication.
• The Southern Hemisphere Forest Industry Yearbook
• Southem Country Reports
• And, many other publications.

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Our Values

Leadership: At Trade and Media Services Ltd we strive to offer leading products and services to the natural resources sector. We have expanded FIU’s presence to widen the base of recipients and helped to widen the discussion on natural resource management.

Teamwork: We believe in a partnership approach to our business. To assist, we have actively included recipients of FIU in new media processes, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter along with our Yahoo Group and new era publishing sites such as Scribd and DocStoc.

Customer Relations: At Trade and Media Services Ltd, our highest priority is satisfied readers and sponsors. You are important to us and you can expect us to go the extra mile for your business. We are proud to serve you and work hard to include you in FIU business