Author: F. AllsopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The First Fifty Years of New Zealand's Forest Service
Author: F. AllsopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Statesman's Year-Book 1986-87
Author: J. PaxtonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271154
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1715
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Statesman's Year-Book 1984-85
Author: J. PaxtonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230271138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1717
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Foot-tracks in New Zealand
Author: Pete McDonaldPublisher: Pete McDonald
ISBN: 0473191911
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Foot-tracks in New Zealand examines the development of walking tracks over two centuries, from the early 19th century to about 2011. The paperback version comes in two volumes but is otherwise identical to the electronic version. Page size: A4 Format: Paperback, 2 vol. ISBN: 0473191911, 9780473191917 Number of pages: 1000 About: Trails, Tracks, New Zealand, History, Recreation, Land access. Availability: By print on demand from The Fine Print Company, Waipukurau, Central Hawke’s Bay, 4200, NZ.
The Drama of Conservation
Author: Carolyn M. KingPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319184105
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This book offers a sweeping history of Pureora Forest Park, one of the most significant sites of natural and cultural history interest in New Zealand. The authors review the geological history of the volcanic zone, its flora and fauna, and the history of Maori and European utilization of forest resources. Chapter-length discussions cover management of the native forest by the New Zealand Forest Service; the forest village and its sawmills; the intensive timber harvesting, and the conflicts with conservationists and expensive compensation agreements that ensued. Separate chapters cover initiatives to protect the forest from introduced herbivores; to guard protected species, especially birds, from predators; the facilities for recreational hunting; the development of the Timber Trail, an 83 km cycleway through the forest and along old logging tramways, complete with detailed interpretation signs illustrating the history of logging; and the family recreation areas and tracks. The final chapter gathers conclusions and advances prospects for the future of Pureora Forest. In sum, the book demonstrates how ecological study, combined with a respect for people and for nature plus a flexible, interdisciplinary approach to both local history and current scientific priorities, can be welded into a consistently effective strategy for addressing the pressing forest-ecology questions of our time.
The Statesman's Year-Book 1980-81
Author: J. PaxtonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 023027109X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1709
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
New Zealand Forestry
Author: David Ernest HutchinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Empire Forestry and the Origins of Environmentalism
Author: Gregory Allen BartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139434608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India, and during the second half of the nineteenth century, over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. Sprawling forest reservations, many of them larger than modern nations, became revenue-producing forests that protected the whole 'household of nature', and Rudyard Kipling and Theodore Roosevelt were among those who celebrated a new class of government foresters as public heroes. Imperial foresters warned of impending catastrophe, desertification and global climate change if the reverse process of deforestation continued. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and then the United States to other parts of the globe, and Gregory Barton's study looks at the origins of environmentalism in a global perspective.
Domestication of Radiata Pine
Author: Rowland BurdonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319650181
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
In nature, radiata pine is very localised and an obscure tree species despite the romantic character of much of its natural habitat. That obscure status and the lack of any reputation as a virgin timber slowed its due recognition as a commercial crop. Nevertheless, it has become a major plantation forest crop internationally. It has become the pre-eminent commercial forest species in New Zealand, Chile and Australia, with important plantings in some other countries. It consequently features prominently in the international trade in forest products, in addition to its importance in domestic markets of grower countries. Very fast growth, considerable site tolerances, ease of raising in nurseries and transplanting, and ease of processing and using its wood for a range of products and purposes, have made it the utility softwood of choice almost everywhere it can be grown satisfactorily. Abundant genetic variation and its amenability to other management inputs created special opportunities for its domestication. The story of its domestication forms a classic case history in the development of modern commercial forestry, with trailblazing in both genetic improvement and plantation management; this inevitably meant a learning process that provided instructive lessons, especially for tree breeders dealing with some other species. Paradoxically, the plantation monocultures have played and can continue to play an important role in protecting natural forests and other forms of biodiversity. Given the attractions of growing radiata pine, there were inevitably cases of overreach in planting it, with lessons to be learnt. Economic globalisation has meant globalisation of pests and disease organisms, and the scale on which radiata pine is grown has meant is has been the focus of various biotic alarms, none of which have proved catastrophic. Temptations, remain, however, to pay less than due attention to some aspects of risk management. The chapter structure of the book is based on historical periods, beginning long before any important human influences, and ending with a look into what the future might hold for the species and its role in human and ecological sustainability. Almost throughout, there has been complex interplay between the technical aspects, local social and economic factors, various types of institution, the enthusiasm and drive of some very influential individuals, and tides of economic ideology, threads that needed to be woven together to do the story justice.
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