Protection for forests
PA Wellington The Kaimai-Mamaku forests would be legally protected, the Under-Secretary for Forests, Mr Butcher, has said. The Government’s environmental policy had promised permanent legal protection to all remaining areas of virgin indigenous State forest within Labour’s first three year term, he said. Four forests—KaimaiMamaku, Puketi-Omahuta, Pureora-Waihaha and Whirinaki—had been designated areas of particular importance. “Whirinaki forest will be
treated as a separate issue and a decision on its future will be made by the Government soon,” said Mr Butcher. The other three will be accorded permanent protection as soon as possible. A new form of legal status for the KaimaiMamaku would be finalised by the end of the year as part of a joint Forest Ser-vice-Lands Department exercise to rationalise the different types of Crown reserves.
In the meantime the Forest Service had been instructed to manage the three forest areas as permanently protected forests.
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