What percentage of New Zealand is forest?

New Zealand's forests today

Today, New Zealand has a total of 10.1 million hectares of forests, covering 38% of the land.

What percentage of New Zealand is native forest?

Before people arrived in New Zealand, 80% of the land was covered in dense forest. Now only 24% of land is native forest, or just under 6.5 million hectares. Two of the main types of native forest in New Zealand are beech and podocarp-hardwood.

How much of New Zealand is Bush?

Today native forest covers only 23 percent of New Zealand. The forest, or bush as we know it is slowly changing, and action is needed to protect the forest and the places where native birds live.

What percentage of New Zealand is still covered by native vegetation?

In 2018, about half (49 per cent) of our country's land area was covered with native ecosystems and the other half (51 per cent) with farms, pasture and plantation (exotic) forests. The area of land covered with native ecosystems continues to shrink as land is cleared for agriculture or forestry.

How much of New Zealand is nature?

Conservation lands cover almost 30% of New Zealand (Fig. 1), a country with a total area of 103,500 square miles (270,500 square kilometres), or approximately two thirds the size of the state of California.

New Zealand Forestry Investment with Roger Dickie (N.Z.) Ltd

Did Māori burn forests?

Māori use of fire

When Māori first settled in New Zealand, around 1250–1300 AD, most of the land was covered in forest. They burned large areas, to make hunting birds such as moa easier.

Did Māori clear land?

In wetter or mountainous areas, clearance occurred later and was more piecemeal. In most sites, charcoal continues to appear after the first forest clearance, suggesting that Māori used fire to stop tall forest and scrub from regenerating.

Why does New Zealand have deforestation?

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, settlers begin a rapid expansion. Deforestation continued for many uses, including clearing land for farming and gardens and wood for construction.

Is there rainforest in New Zealand?

Te Urewera is the largest rainforest of New Zealand's North Island, spanning 2,127 sq km of rugged hill country, vast blue-green lakes and fast-running, north-flowing rivers.

How many trees are in NZ?

The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has published a list of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants including all 574 native trees and shrubs.

How did Maoris cut trees?

On the other hand, ancient Maori history does teach us that trees were felled by means of being chipped out sideways—that is, with and not across the grain—and that the tree-fellers—there were always three or more—followed each other around and around the tree in the process of felling.

Where does NZ timber go?

Total exports of forestry products from New Zealand for the year were $6.4 billion. Of total forestry exports, 48% went to China. The value of sawn timber exports reached $891 million.

Where does most forestry take place?

More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America and China) and two-thirds (66 percent) of forests are found in ten countries.

What is the difference between forest and Forrest?

Forest = A large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland. Forrest = A name preceding Gump. Forrest is busy right now, he's on the phone with Mueller.

What kind of forest is in New Zealand?

Forests in New Zealand are typically made up of either mixtures or pure stands of broadleaved, conifer and beech species. The two most common forest types are conifer-broadleaved forest and beech (Nothofagus) forest.

Is New Zealand heavily forested?

Today, New Zealand has a total of 10.1 million hectares of forests, covering 38% of the land. Of this: 8 million hectares are native forest. 2.1 million hectares are plantation forest.

How many forests burned Māori?

I find it hard to believe that early Maori destroyed 6.7 million hect of forest with fire. Evidence in nature of when bush fires occur show that the undergrowth is burnt and large trees scorched.

How much does forestry contribute to the economy NZ?

Forests contribute $6 billion a year to New Zealand's economy. We rely on sustainable forestry and its related wood processing industries to provide tens of thousands of jobs for New Zealanders, supporting our families and our regions.

How did Maoris start fire?

Māhoe wood was used by Māori for fire-making. By rubbing a pointed stick of kaikōmako rapidly in a grooved piece of soft māhoe wood, they could heat the māhoe to ignition point.

Did Māori have agriculture?

Before Europeans arrived in New Zealand Māori had a staple diet of seafood and birds for protein, and aruhe (fern root) and cultivated imported crops. These crops, carried across the Pacific by their ancestors, were kūmara (sweet potato), taro, hue (bottle gourd) and uwhi (yam).

What is the population of New Zealand and Australia?

The current population of Australia and New Zealand is 30,961,707 as of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Australia and New Zealand population is equivalent to 0.39% of the total world population.

Is there deforestation in China?

One thing China is certainly leading on is the destruction of forests. According to a WWF study, China's imports of agricultural commodities drive more deforestation globally than any other market – including the United States and the European Union combined.

When did Māori discover fire?

The first M? ori Polynesians, arriving around 1280 AD, brought fire with them from Hawaiki (their original 'home land'). They also brought an established fire culture stemming from mythology, with associated belief systems and rules surrounding the sacredness of fire and its uses.

What is New Zealand's main resource?

New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone and gold. It ranked 22 in the world in terms of iron ore production and 29th in gold production. The total value of mineral production in New Zealand was $1.5 billion in 2006 (excluding oil and gas).