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Measuring a tree

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Measuring a tree

Forester Allan Parkes is measuring the diameter of a tree in order to calculate how much wood it will yield. Inventory methods have been developed by researchers to help companies monitor exactly how much wood is available in a forest.

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Margaret Richardson, Forestry research – Helping with the harvest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17069/measuring-a-tree (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret Richardson, published 1 March 2009.