Reafforestation
chair, Central Auckland
Forest and Bird
—ANNE FENN
A letter in the May 2003 issue of Forest & Bird asked why intensive plantings by people are required in the re-colonisation of open spaces in the cities. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly that in Auckland weeds are a significant problem to native plant species getting firmly reestablished, another real problem is the lack of seed sources and the lack of particularly different bird species to disperse seeds in the urban environment. In many areas, the plants which would usually provide the source of seeds for natural regeneration are absent, having in the most part been cut down and removed altogether from the area. Often too the species of birds required to distribute seeds have also disappeared in large numbers.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 309, 1 August 2003, Page 3
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127Reafforestation Forest and Bird, Issue 309, 1 August 2003, Page 3
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