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2.5 Management of Indigenous Forest
Authors: C R RichardsPublication: NZIF Forestry Handbook, Volume Section 2 – Indigenous forests, pp 5, Dec 2023
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: It is 10 years since the introduction of the indigenous forestry provisions (Part IIIA) in the Forests Amendment Act 1993 (the Act). The Act’s principal objective is to promote the sustainable management of indigenous forest on private land. It does this by regulating the level of harvest permitted such that it is carried out on a sustainable level whilst also providing for protection of the ecological values of the forest Revised approaches to management brought with them increased opportunities for an ecologically-based industry However, since then the small industry based around native timbers has been on a volatile path as intense competition from imported speciality timbers, the lack of scale, and fragmentation and consequential uncertain and inconsistent supply within the industry take effect. Today, patterns of management are becoming well defined, as are the approaches to silviculture within commercially managed stands. Marketing is the key to either the success or failure of management for timber.