A National Exotic Forest Description as at 1 April 2003
Published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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While very effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry accepts no liability for any error or omission. The information does not necessarily represent the views of individual members of the National Exotic Forest Description Steering Committee.
Edition 20
ISSN: 1170-5191
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CONTENTS
- Introduction
- An Overview
- Table 1: National Exotic Forest Estate
Statistics as at 1 April 2002 and 1 April 2003
- Graph 1a: Total Estimated Planted Production Forest Area by Age Class as at 1 April 2003
- Graph 1b: Species Distribution - 2003
- Graph 1c: Radiata Pine by Tending Regime - 2003
- Data Collection and Estimation
- New Planting Imputation
- Database Description
- Area Database
- Yield Table Database
- Planting and Harvesting Data
- Other Attributes
- Land Cover Database
- Reliability of Data
- NEFD Surveys
- Imputed New Planting
- Yield Table Database
- Planting and Harvesting Estimates
- New Planting and Restocking Estimates
- Harvesting Data
- Wood Supply Regions and Territorial
Authorities
- Table 5: Wood Supply Regions and Constituent Territorial Authority
- Map 1: North Island Wood Supply Region Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries
- Map 2: South Island Wood Supply Region Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries
- Map 3: Distribution of Planted Forests - North Island
- Map 4: Distribution of Planted Forests - South Island
- Tabular Summaries and Graphs
- Table (6) & Graph (6a): New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand (000 hectares)
- Table (7) & Graph (7a): Expansion of Planted Production Forest Area in New Zealand (000 hectares)
- Table (8) & Graph (8a): Forest Ownership
- Table (9): Area by Annual Age Class
- Table (10) & Graph (10a): Number of Forest Owners by Size Class as at 1 April 2003
- Table (11) & Graph (11a): Forest Area (hectares) by Forest Owner Size Class as at 1 April 2003
- Table (12) & Graph (12a): Forest Area Collected by Postal Survey and Adjustments for New Planting
- Table (13) & Graph (13a): Area, Standing Volume and Area-Weighted Average Age
- Table (14) & Graph (14a): Forest Area (hectares)
- Species Tables and Graphs
- Graph (15): Forest Area by Age Class and Species
- Table (16) & Graph (16a): Area (hectares) Planted in Radiata Pine
- Table (17) & Graph (17a): Area (hectares) Planted in Douglas-fir
- Table (18) & Graph (18a): Area (hectares) Planted in Other Softwoods (other than Radiata Pine and Douglas-fir)
- Table (19) & Graph (19a): Area (hectares) Planted in Hardwoods
- Radiata Pine Tending Regime Tables and
Graphs
- Graph (20): Radiata Pine Forest Area by Age Class and Tending Regime
- Table (21) & Graph (21a): Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Pruned with Production Thinning
- Table (22) & Graph (22a): Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Pruned without Production Thinning
- Table (23) & Graph (23a): Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Unpruned with Production Thinning
- Table (24) & Graph (24a): Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Unpruned without Production Thinning
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 2: 2003 NEFD Questionnaire
- Appendix 3: The NEFD Steering Committee
- Appendix 4: The NEFD Steering Committee's Terms of Reference
- References
- Further Information & Acknowledgements
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