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Kōrero: Conservation – a history

Tree planting and erosion

Tree planting and erosion

These views of Mangatū Forest, near Gisborne, show the difference that planting trees can make where there is severe erosion. The heavily eroded landscape (left) has been partly stabilised 11 years after pine trees were planted (right).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6395 M9600 (left); AAQA 6395 M11468 (right)

by John Johns

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Soil conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13920/tree-planting-and-erosion (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.