Sustainable totara management and biodiversity conservation in Northland

Authors: Laura M. Young, David A. Norton
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2017, Issue N.Z.J.For. 62(2) 2017, pp 23-25, Aug 2017
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Abstract: This paper explores the potential of the sustainable management of regenerating totara on Northland farmland for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes. Sustainable totara management can provide a direct incentive for landowners to retain and better manage regenerating forests, which are otherwise of little or no economic value, while also providing a range of other benefits to the landowner and society more generally. In particular, private native forests complement protected conservation land, contributing to landscape scale biodiversity conservation across Te Tai Tokerau.