Kahikatea - Podocarpus dacrydioides

Kahikatea (Podocarpus dacrydioides) forests were once found extensively on alluvial plains and river flats throughout New Zealand. Today these forests have dwindled in extent; largely as a result of clearing of the fertile soils for pastoral farming and the use of the non-tainting timber for butter boxes. Kahikatea is still being used for many purposes despite the availability of suitable substitutes. The largest remaining areas of kahikatea are in South Westland, where they are protected by a Government-imposed moratorium on logging which expires in 1990. To protect these forests after that date and to establish ongoing reserves, two clear courses of action must be taken: the protection of these forests from logging, and the drawing up and implementing of a policy directed specifically at managing kahikatea in all stages and conditions of its development.

Grantor dc:publisher

Lincoln College, University of Canterbury

Year dc:date

1982

Author dc:creator

• Symmes, G. W.

• logging native species
• Kahikatea
• Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
• native woody species
• forestry conservation
• South Westland
• Podocarpus dacrydioides
• ANZSRC::070504 Forestry Management and Environment
• ANZSRC::050202 Conservation and Biodiversity

Licence

• https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/pages/rights

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

Q112848682

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz:10182/2566