For every tree logged and taken to the sawmill, another two trees are felled and left to rot on the forest floor. This process is part of an 'improvement felling' regime to cull 'defective stems' to improve future timber prospects. Claims by Timberlands that the beech scheme involves logging 'an average of one tree per hectare per year' is seen by Forest and Bird as 'a cynical public relations slogan.' In the Maruia forests, 51 trees are felled per hectare of which 35 are 'felled to waste' and left to rot.
EUGENIE SAGE
STEVE PHIPPS
Heavy rimu logging is occurring in the Charleston forests close to Paparoa National Park as part of the Buller rimu 'overcut.' Logging is stripping away the dense mantle of forest which formerly enhanced many scenes like this. The magnificent natural architecture of the Buller karst country includes natural limestone bridges, towering bluffs, huge arches and overhangs, along with complex cave systems and underground rivers and streams.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 25
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161For every tree logged and taken to the sawmill, another two trees are felled and left to rot on the forest floor. This process is part of an 'improvement felling' regime to cull 'defective stems' to improve future timber prospects. Claims by Timberlands that the beech scheme involves logging 'an average of one tree per hectare per year' is seen by Forest and Bird as 'a cynical public relations slogan.' In the Maruia forests, 51 trees are felled per hectare of which 35 are 'felled to waste' and left to rot. EUGENIE SAGE STEVE PHIPPS Heavy rimu logging is occurring in the Charleston forests close to Paparoa National Park as part of the Buller rimu 'overcut.' Logging is stripping away the dense mantle of forest which formerly enhanced many scenes like this. The magnificent natural architecture of the Buller karst country includes natural limestone bridges, towering bluffs, huge arches and overhangs, along with complex cave systems and underground rivers and streams. Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 25
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