In Southland, a trust that has worked hard to eradicate wilding pines has written to Government ministers asking why they allow, under the fund, the planting of wilding species. The Mid Dome Wilding Pine Trust has spent more than $10m​ clearing wilding contorta pines from northern Southland since 2007. * Wild about wilding pines* Pines versus natives: Tree schemes risk sacrificing native bush* One Billion Trees: Labour challenge for the forestry industryA wilding pine or conifer is one that has grown from a seed from which has not been planted. Supplied A Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group volunteer eradicating wilding pines on Queenstown Hill. The New Zealand forest industry is based on sustainable plantations of predominantly Pinus radiata, commonly known as radiata pine, Monterey pine or New Zealand pine.

Source: Stuff June 26, 2020 04:08 UTC