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The Interwoven World | Te Ao I Whiria

A new discussion paper on forestry policy in New Zealand by AUT researcher Dr David Hall

The Policy Observatory has released a new discussion paper by Dr David Hall in which he lays out an alternative vision for land use in New Zealand, one which deliberately interweaves and intermingles a variety of uses to create a more prosperous landscape.

Key ideas in this paper include:

- The need to step outside our current siloed approach to land use, which separates out native conservation forests, exotic commercial forests and pastoral agriculture;
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- Replace this with an interweaving of land uses to achieve appropriate diversification;
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- Realise this shift by changing the regulatory, research and finance environments to support experimentation and sustainable reforms of land use.
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Dr Hall’s paper is particularly timely given the government’s One Billion Trees Programme, and recent devastation in Tolaga Bay from clear-felled forestry debris.

The report can be viewed here:

https://thepolicyobservatory.aut.ac.nz/publications/the-interwoven-world-te-ao-i-whiria-towards-an-integrated-landscape-approach-in-aotearoa-new-zealand

A Pure Advantage column on the report is here:

http://pureadvantage.org/news/2018/06/18/interwoven-world-te-ao-whiria/

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