Story: Forestry research All images & media From page 1 – The development of forest research Māori use of the forest Forest Research Institute campus From page 2 – Researching native forests Logging native forest Selective logging From page 3 – Studying exotic plantations Planting trees Tree-planting instructions Precision sower Agroforestry From page 4 – Growing better trees Open pine cone Cloned radiata pine shoots Genetically modified Norway spruce From page 5 – Combating threats to forests Sirex wasp (1st of 2) Ichneumon wasp (2nd of 2) Controlling painted apple moth Possum damage Forest fire prevention poster (1st of 3) Keep New Zealand green (2nd of 3) Protecting birds and animals (3rd of 3) From page 6 – Identifying forest benefits Pines preventing erosion Forest catchment Testing carbon dioxide levels From page 7 – Helping with the harvest Measuring a tree Waratah harvesting head Sawing study From page 8 – Wood processing possibilities Same site, different trees Timber in a kiln ‘The big mill’ Wood pellet boiler
