New Zealand Forestry and California Dreaming

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“We Californians are really not very good conservationists – we’re very good preservationists. Conservation means you use resources well and responsibly. Preservation means you are rich enough to set aside things you want and buy them from someone else.” – William Libby, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

New Zealand harvests trees.

Today, with over four million acres (an area larger than Connecticut) of tree plantations, New Zealand is more than self-sufficient. Forest [...]