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Land use change in New Zealand
Authors: John Purey-CustPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2009, Issue N.Z.J.For. 54(1) 2009, pp 48, May 2009
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: When I was a child in England, land use was immutable. In my eyes nothing changed. And yet it did – the chalk downs had changed under the pressure of war from extensive sheep pasture to cropping. By the time I was a teenager the only sheep farmer in the district was an expatriate New Zealander whose chief skill lay in his ability to train his flock to open other people’s gates. The environmental consequences, drastic changes to flora and fauna and fertiliser polluted groundwater, took much longer to be recognised.