High-country forestry: A conservation perspective

Authors: R. Delamore
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 1993, Issue N.Z.J.For. 38(4) 1994, pp 5-9, Jan 1994
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Abstract: The Department of Conservation was established under the Conservation Act 1987. As well as protected land and water management responsibilities, its functions include advocacy for the conservation of natural and historic resources generally. As defined in the Act, natural resources include all plants and animals and their habitats, ecosystems, landform. and geological features, and landscape.
As the Government's conservation advocate, the department seeks to ensure that decision makers and land managers adopt policies and management approaches which will maintain or enhance conservation values. The department considers that forestry is a legitimate land-use activity within the high country, but one that should be placed in the context of the wider high-country landscape and its component values.

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