Thank you for that link Kouta, I look forward to watching those movies. I traveled to New Zealand in 1999 and visited Fiordland National Park on the southwest end of the south island, and Abel Tasman National Park on the north shore of the south island, where we went backpacking along the coast on the Abel Tasman Trail (or 'Track" as the Kiwis call it).
New Zealnd has a lot of beautiful parkland and forestland to be sure. I think New Zealand actually has the highest percentage of its land base designated as national park land of any country in the world. Interesting fact I found out when I was there: the New Zealand timber industry has widely cultivated Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) there, where it grows rapidly. Monterey pine is native to only a small range in California, but in New Zealand it is everywhere since it has been planted so extensively. A number of other countries where the climate is ideal for it use Monterey pine too. Kirk Johnson > ENTS, > > Maybe somebody of you is interested in the southern hemisphere... > > Here you can watch 20-years-old movies about national parks of New Zealand: > > http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/journeys-in-national-parks-1987/series > > I recommend you start from the bottom of the site: Fiordland and > Westland/Aoraki. Te Urewera is more about history and culture. Tongariro te > Maunga is mostly about a volcano and alpine areas but the clip 3 contains also > lowland forest scenes. Hauraki Gulf is mainly about birds, fishes and > restoration but include also some lush lowland forest sceneries. > > - Kouta > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
