No Birds, No Timber
In no other country .is there, such interdependence between forest and birds as in New Zealand, says a contributor to Forest and Bird. This aspect of the importance of the conservation of New Zealand's natural resources is usually overlooked, and indeed many uninformed people thin'k that native birds arc protected for purely aesthetic reasons. ■While three-quarters of the fore.st trees of New Zealand are pollinated by the. wind, yet it is notable that of those native trees that are birdpoll inated." a great many have a distinct commercial value as timber. In the same way the seeds of many ol New Zealand's most valuable timber trees', such as matai, totara •and rj'imi, are dispersed by birds.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 3, 31 August 1943, Page 5
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120No Birds, No Timber Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 3, 31 August 1943, Page 5
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