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The Forestry Sector in New Zealand

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
  • In The Beginning
  • Dawning Awareness of Forestry's Potential
  • The First Planting Boom
  • After the Second World War
  • The Second Forestry Boom
  • A Bright Looking Future
• NEW ZEALAND'S PLANTED PRODUCTION FORESTS
  • Location
  • Forestry as a land use
  • Main plantation species
  • Radiata pine
  • Economies of Plantation Forestry
• NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
  • Background
  • The Forests Amendment Act 1993
  • Agro Forestry
  • Farm Woodlots
  • Shelter belts
  • Amenity Forestry
• FOREST MANAGEMENT
  • Nursery, Seed and Seedlings
  • Silviculture
  • Protection
  • Other Management Techniques
  • Harvesting the Tree Crop
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
  • Soil and Water Conservation
  • Protecting Water Quality
  • How Trees Control Erosion
  • Protecting our Coastline and Beaches
  • Trees, Water and Climate
  • Wildlife Habitat
• THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
  • Logs
  • Chips
  • Sawmilling and Sawn Timber
  • Treatment
  • Size Class Structure of New Zealand Sawmills - Year ended 31 March 1992.
  • Drying
  • Remanufacturing
  • Panel Products
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Other Products
  • Road and Rail Transport
  • Ports
  • Research
  • The Services Sector
  • GOVERNMENT'S ROLE
  • Ministry of Forestry
  • Quarantine and Forest Health
  • Forest Heritage Fund and Nga Whenua Rahui
  • East Coast Forestry Scheme
• RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND INDUSTRY AGREEMENTS
  • The Resource Management Act 1991
  • Forests Act 1949
  • Other Legislation
  • The West Coast Accord
  • The NZ Forest Accord
  • Imported Tropical Timber Group
• MARKETS
  • Global Status
  • Remanufactured Products
  • Panel Products
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Off Shore Investments Key to Continued Expansion
• OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  • Books
  • Journals
  • Resource Material

Contact for Enquiries

Policy Analyst - Forestry
Innovation and Research
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Tel: +64 4 894 0100
Fax: +64 4 894 0741
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