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Te Matua Ngahere is a giant kauri (Agathis australis) coniferous tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. The tree's Māori name means "Father of the Forest". [ 1 ] Although not as massive or tall as its neighbour Tāne Mahuta , Te Matua Ngahere is stouter, with a girth just over 16 metres (52 ft).
Much of the temperate forest in Westland consists of Nothofagus. [7] Gaps between beech stands are occasionally filled with heath and subalpine bush plants. [8] The largest sections of podocarp forest in Westland New Zealand are found around 43° latitude, where they grow from the western coastal region along the Tasman Sea up to the Southern Alps.
Forestry in New Zealand has a history starting with European settlement in the 19th century and is now an industry worth seven percent [citation needed] of annual revenue. Much of the original native forest cover was burnt off and logged, however forests have been extensively planted, predominantly with fast-growing cultivars of the Monterey Pine.
Pilliga forest: New South Wales Australia's largest inland native forest. Covering over 450,000 hectares. Sherbrooke Forest: Victoria Wet sclerophyll forest with the dominant tree species being the mountain ash, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest flowering plant in the world. The forest has recovered well from logging that occurred from the mid ...
Redwoods Forest or Redwood Memorial Grove is a forest of naturalised coastal redwood on the outskirts of Rotorua, New Zealand, adjacent to the Whakarewarewa thermal area. The 6 hectares (15 acres) stand of Californian redwoods is part of the larger Whakarewarewa State Forest Park , which is in turn part of the Kaingaroa Forest area.
Almost half of Australia's identified old-growth forest is in NSW, mostly on public land. [5] More than 73% of Australia's identified old-growth forests are in formal or informal nature conservation reserves. [6] In 2001, Western Australia became the first state in Australia to cease logging in old-growth forests. [7]
Kauri trees are found north of 38°S. The region also includes a number of offshore islands and some of New Zealand's few remaining original wetland habitats such as the Firth of Thames, and the Kopuatai Peat Dome and the Whangamarino Wetland in the Hauraki Plains. The climate is warm and humid.
Major environmental issues in Australia include whaling, logging of old growth forest, irrigation and its impact on the Murray River, Darling River and Macquarie Marshes, acid sulfate soils, soil salinity, land clearing, soil erosion, uranium mining, nuclear waste, the creation of marine reserves, [16] air quality in major cities and around ...