Farm Forestry New ZealandTrees for Ecosystem Services
Tree Grower articles
- The true value of planted forests – An introduction to ecosystems services
Michelle Harnett and Richard Yao, November 2015
We see the trees, we see the wood, but what about the other benefits which planted forests provide? We benefit from the different environments or ecosystems we encounter in our… - Gullies supply most sediment to major East Coast river systems
Mike Marden, August 2009
It has long been suspected that gullies have been, and continue to be, the major source of sediment in each of the three major East Coast river systems − Waipaoa,… - Pine plantations and water quality in central North Island lakes
John Quinn, November 2005
Increasing nutrient levels threaten the quality of many central North Island lakes. A long term study showed that nutrients leaking from land to water decreased markedly when a central North…
Other Sources of information
- Forest Ecosystem services (Scion publication August 2017)
New Zealand’s around 1.7 million hectares of planted forests contribute an export return of more than $5 billion per year from wood and fibre based products. A large amount of lumber is also used locally. Our forests are increasingly being recognised for the other products, services and benefits they can provide over and above wood, fibre and fuel. Together, these benefits are called ecosystem services and are worth far more in total than the
wood, fibre and fuel alone.
