IWiKwB 5. HOLDING THE SOIL One of the important aims of forestry is the prevention of erosion. Forests like those clothing Mt. Egmont protect the dairying lands below. New Zealand is a mountainous country and the forests, scrub, tussock and other vegetation literally hold the steep country together. Forests on upland country and at the source of rivers act as natural reservoirs, prevent water run-off and flooding, store rainfall for the generation of electricity and provide a regular flow of clear water for town supply. Forests minimise the flooding of rivers with all its destructive consequences the washing away of the soil, loss of life and disruption of communications. The New Zealand Forest Service works in close co-operation with the Soil Conservation Council for the prevention of erosion and the economical recovery of land. Forestry is forever Inserted in the interests forest protection by the New Zealand Forest Service ... Soil Conservation Council.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 94, Issue 3, 15 March 1957, Page 252
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