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Forest land: 7 472 000 ha
Portion of land base: 28%
Forest land per capita: 1.97 ha.
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New Zealand: Forest land: 7 472 000 ha Portion of land base: 28% Forest land per capita: 1.97 ha. |
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| Data source: FAO, 1995. | |||
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New Zealand plantation forestry in summary |
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Area and standing volume statistics |
April 1996 |
April 1997 |
April 1998 |
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| Estimated net stocked forest area (ha) | 1 542 000 |
1 630 000 |
1 679 000 |
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| Growth characteristics | Average volume (000 m3) | 316 000 |
329 000 |
338 000 |
| Average standing volume (m3/ha) | 205 |
202 |
201 |
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| Area-weighted average age (years) | 13.1 |
12.9 |
12.9 |
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| Area by species (ha) | Radiata pine | 1 396 000 |
1 480 000 |
1 520 000 |
| Douglas-fir | 70 000 |
75 000 |
81 000 |
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| Other exotic softwoods | 33 000 |
32 000 |
32 000 |
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| Other exotic hardwoods | 43 000 |
43 000 |
46 000 |
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| Radiata pine area by tending regime (ha) | ||||
| Intensively tended with commercial thinning | 287 000 |
288 000 |
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| Intensively tended without commercial thinning | 689 000 |
708 000 |
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| Minimum tended with commercial thinning | 49 000 |
143 000 |
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| Minimum tended without commercial thinning | 371 000 |
341 000 |
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Planting statistics |
Year ended Mar 31, 1996 |
Year ended Mar 31, 1997 |
Year ended Mar 31, 1998 |
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| Estimated new planting (ha) | 73 900 |
83 600 |
63 700 |
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| Restocking (ha) | 26 300 |
28 200 |
29 700 |
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| Harvested area waiting restocking (ha) | 19 300 |
30 000 |
27 800 |
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| Harvesting | ||||
| Area clear felled (ha) | 30 500 |
31 500 |
32 400 |
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| Volume clear felled (TRVIB, 000 m3) | 15 246 |
15 039 |
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| Volume production thinned (TRVIB, 000 m3) | 1 255 |
853 |
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| Total volume removed (TRVIB, 000 m3) | 16 501 |
15 892 |
15 582 |
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| Area clear fell yield (m3/ha) | 500 |
477 |
481 |
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| Area-weighted average clear fell age for radiata pine (years) | 27.6 |
27.8 |
28.2 |
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| Estimated planted forest roundwood removal (000 m3) | 16 562 |
15 964 |
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| Forest management and average costs in 1997: | ||||
| Planting: | $419/hectare (ranges from $280–560) (includes cost of seedlings) | |||
| Pruning: | $1395/ha for 3 lifts (ranges from $415–1675) | |||
| 59% of the plantation estate is pruned (991 000 ha of total 1 679 000 ha as of April 1998) | ||||
| Average annual area pruned (1st lift): approx. 47 000 ha | ||||
| Average total area pruned each year: approx. 141 000 ha | ||||
| Spacing: | $260/ha for 2 thins (ranges from $149–372) | |||
| Data source: New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, New Zealand Industry Facts and Figures. | ||||
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