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1.2 Plantation Forest Description

Authors: Paul Lane, updated by Jurgen Muller
Publication: NZIF Forestry Handbook, Volume Section 1 – Exotic plantation forests, pp 2, Dec 2023
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Abstract: New Zealand has a total land area of 26.8 million hectares. A total of 6.4 million hectares is covered in ‘tall’ native forest. By comparison, as at 1 April 20191, the total net stocked area of planted forest was estimated to be 1.697 million hectares.
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