Kokako Forest Saved
Gerard Hutching
OREST AND BIRD'S conservation advocacy recently averted the clearfelling of the most important remaining area of unprotected kokako forest. 330 ha of the Gammons Block in the Mamaku Plateau adjacent to the Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park had been set aside during the Tasman Accord negotiations as a last resort source of tawa for Elders NZFP’s Kinleith mill. Logging had commenced in the block, which is owned by Tasman Forestry. However, letters written by Forest and Bird
members along with Basil's persistent lobbying persuaded Elders NZFP to speed up their programme of substituting eucalypt for tawa. Senior Elders NZFP executive George Wheeler and Forest and Bird's Basil Graeme played a key role in achieving protection for the block. Kokako will not be the only wildlife to benefit. The forest has been surveyed as having the highest density of North Island robin ever recorded. Protection of the block means that for the first time this century, no areas of kokako habitat are being felled. ¥
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 August 1990, Page 5
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167Kokako Forest Saved Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 August 1990, Page 5
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