29 Aug 2018

1bn trees - natives to leave exotics in the shade?

From Nine To Noon, 9:10 am on 29 August 2018
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The government's ten year planting programme has raised questions around exotics versus planting native trees, and communities deluged by slash after severe storms has thrown a spotlight on what to do with erosion-prone land. 

A recent $240m boost from the Provincial Growth Fund prompted the Minister for Regional Development Shane Jones to announce that two thirds of all trees planted in his ten year plan will be indigenous.

Head of  MPI's forestry service Te Uru Rākau Julie Collins talks through the details of planting a billion trees with Kathryn Ryan.