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A National Exotic Forest Description as at 1 April 2004

Published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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Crown Copyright (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), June 2005. Any table or other material contained in this report may be reproduced or published without further licence provided that it does not purport to be published under Government authority, that it is not reproduced for profit and that acknowledgement is made of this source.

Disclaimer

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 21
ISSN: 1170-5191

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Contents

• Introduction
• An Overview
• Table 1: National Exotic Forest Estate Statistics as at 1 April 2003 and 1 April 2004
  • Graph 1a: Total Estimated Planted Production Forest by Age Class as at 1 April 2004
  • Graph 1b: Species Distribution - 2004
  • Graph 1c: Radiata Pine by Tending Regime - 2004
• Data Collection and Estimation
  • New Planting Imputation
  • Table 2: Comparison of Total New Planting with New Planting Collected in Postal Surveys (hectares)
• Database Description

  • Area Database

  • Yield Table Database
  • Planting and Harvesting Data
  • Other Attributes
  • Land Cover Database
• Reliability of Data
  • Table 3: Total Area Represented by Each Data Source in the 2004 NEFD Database
  • NEFD Surveys
  • Imputed New Planting
  • Yield Table Database
• Planting & Harvesting Estimates
  • New Planting and Restocking Estimates
  • Table 4: Land Cover Prior to New Planting (Calendar years)
  • Harvesting Data
• Wood Supply Regions & Territorial Authorities
  • Table 5: Wood Supply Regions and Constituent Territorial Authorities
  • Map 1: North Island Wood Supply Regions Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries
  • Map 2: South Island Wood Supply Regions Showing Territorial Authority Boundaries
• Forest Location
  • Map 3: Distribution of Planted Forests - North Island
  • Map 4: Distribution of Planted Forests - South Island
• Forest Ownership
  • Map 5: Ownership of Planted Forests - North Island
  • Map 6: Ownership of Planted Forests - South Island
• Tabular Summaries and Graphs
  • Table 6 and Graph 6a: New Land Planted in Production Forest in New Zealand (000 hectares)
  • Table 7 and Graph 7a: Expansion of Planted Production Forest Area in New Zealand (000 hectares)
  • Table 8 and Graph 8a: Forest Ownership
  • Table 9: Area by Annual Age Class
  • Table 10 and Graph 10a: Number of Owners by Size Class as at 1 April 2004
  • Table 11 and Graph 11a: Forest Area (hectares) by Forest Owner Size Class as at 1 April 2004
  • Table 12 and Graph 12a: Forest Area Collected by Postal Survey and Adjustments for New Planting
  • Table 13 and Graph 13a: Area, Standing Volume and Area-Weighted Average Age
  • Table 14 and Graph 14a: Forest Area (hectares)
• Species Tables and Graphs
  • Graph 15: Forest Area by Age Class and Species
  • Table 16 and Graph 16a: Area (hectares) Planted in Radiata Pine
  • Table 17 and Graph 17a: Area (hectares) Planted in Douglas-fir
  • Table 18 and Graph 18a: Area (hectares) Planted in Other Softwoods (other than Radiata Pine and Douglas-fir)
  • Table 19 and 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 and Graph 21a: Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Pruned with Production Thinning
  • Table 22 and Graph 22a: Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Pruned without Production Thinning
  • Table 23 and Graph 23a: Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Unpruned without Production Thinning
  • Table 24 and Graph 24a: Area (hectares) of Radiata Pine Unpruned without Production Thinning
• Appendices
  • Appendix 1:Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix 2: 2004 NEFD Questionnaire
  • Appendix 3: The NEFD Steering Committee
  • Appendix 4: The NEFD Steering Committee's Terms of Reference
• References
• Further Information and Acknowledgements

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