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Kōrero: Forestry research

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - The development of forest research

Māori use of the forest

Māori use of the forest

Forest Research Institute campus

Forest Research Institute campus

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Researching native forests

Logging native forest

Logging native forest

Selective logging

Selective logging

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Studying exotic plantations

Planting trees

Tree-planting instructions

Tree-planting instructions

Precision sower

Precision sower

Agroforestry

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Growing better trees

Open pine cone

Cloned radiata pine shoots

Cloned radiata pine shoots

Genetically modified Norway spruce

Genetically modified Norway spruce

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Combating threats to forests

Sirex wasp

Sirex wasp (1 o 2)

Ichneumon wasp

Ichneumon wasp (2 o 2)

Controlling painted apple moth

Controlling painted apple moth

Possum damage

Forest fire prevention poster

Forest fire prevention poster (1 o 3)

Keep New Zealand green

Keep New Zealand green (2 o 3)

Protecting birds and animals

Protecting birds and animals (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Identifying forest benefits

Pines preventing erosion

Pines preventing erosion

Forest catchment

Forest catchment

Testing carbon dioxide levels

Testing carbon dioxide levels

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Helping with the harvest

Measuring a tree

Measuring a tree

Waratah harvesting head

Waratah harvesting head

Sawing study

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Wood processing possibilities

Same site, different trees

Same site, different trees

Timber in a kiln

Timber in a kiln

‘The big mill’

‘The big mill’

Wood pellet boiler

Wood pellet boiler

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Margaret Richardson, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/forestry-research/media (accessed 17 April 2021)

He kōrero nā Margaret Richardson, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008