Chemicals and forest management

Authors: Chris Goulding
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2016, Issue N.Z.J.For. 61(2) 2016, pp 2, Aug 2016
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Abstract: New Zealand’s wood production is harvested from intensively-managed forest plantations stocked with non-native trees, while the indigenous forest is largely preserved in the conservation estate and the logging of native trees is now minimal. In contrast, many northern hemisphere countries propose an ideal of sustainable harvesting of their native forests which provide a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits, and the words ‘forest plantations’ have negative connotations.
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