Conservationists
Sir,—Replying to B. W. Pattison (June 27): The Forest and Bird Society and N.F.A.C. members are concerned about trees in native forests dying back from the top before reaching maturity. This will almost certainly be due to effects of direct or indirect human interference, such as damage to the root systems by logging machinery, the thinning out of “millable timber” in the past which has exposed the remaining trees to harsh climatic factors, or, in some cases, the browsing of opossums, or an influx of insect pests after the unnatural opening up of the forest by the millers. As for the “waste” of beech trees which are “diseased and dying for want of care and attention in Maruia, is Mr Pattison not aware that these forests have survived for millions of years with a natural cycle of death and regeneration without the dubious “care” of any foresters. Nothing is wasted in natural ecosystems — only in human exploitation of them. — Yours, etc., M. PEACE, Chairman, Marlborough branch, Forest and Bird Society. June 27, 1983.
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Press, 30 June 1983, Page 16
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174Conservationists Press, 30 June 1983, Page 16
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