Moving on from peak pine
More than half of Aotearoa may need to be in native ngahere (bush) to merely blunt future worsening storms, but without such revolutionary change, Aotearoa could descend into a spiral of social, ecological, and economic damage
Much of our land is without any trees, or is without the right trees, the undergrowth and the spongy debris, leaf litter and humus that slows floods and erosion. The resulting catastrophic floods require radical responses now, unless we are willing to continually suffer even more into the future.
To change this, we need to think further into the future, and act on what we see. Generally, government investment and focus on the future is inadequate, and there is a need for a major agency dedicated to future planning and action. Central government must get the policy teeth and find the cash to act now.
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