13.3 Indigenous Forest Policy

Authors: NZIF
Publication: NZIF Forestry Handbook, Volume Section 13 – Reference, pp 3, Dec 2023
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Abstract: n 1993 the New Zealand Institute of Forestry established an Indigenous Forest Working Party to prepare a NZIF policy statement on indigenous forests that reflected the views of the Institute. This included an examination of the major issues surrounding the management of indigenous forests and a review of existing legislation and policies concerned with indigenous forests. The establishment of the Indigenous Forest Working Party arose from: -The Institute’s concerns about the apparent poor health of large parts of the indigenous forest estate. -The fragmented and uncoordinated nature of the legislation addressing the management and administration of indigenous forests. -The lack of funding for research concerned with important indigenous forest issues. -The widely divergent views by organisations and the public at large about the future management of indigenous forests.

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