Forests New Zealand – Beeches Invade Paradise! by Mike Pole October 21, 2014 by Mike Pole October 21, 2014 In the old days in New Zealand, you needed to add the right prefix to telephone numbers to ring the adjacent villages. Our … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
ClimateForests Flooded Forests: sea-level rise in the Haast, West Coast, New Zealand by Mike Pole July 4, 2014 by Mike Pole July 4, 2014 I own a little patch of bush in the Haast, on the wet, West Coast of New Zealand. It was selectively logged … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Forestsre-wilding/walking Matai- vanquished giant of New Zealand’s dry forests? by Mike Pole June 12, 2014 by Mike Pole June 12, 2014 I’ve long found New Zealand’s black pine, the matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) to be a special tree. From a dishevelled juvenile, It can … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
ForestsTravel Canary Islands – ‘Last’ Rainforest in Europe (?) by Mike Pole May 18, 2014 by Mike Pole May 18, 2014 The fossils are clear – just a few million years ago Europe was covered in broad-leaved, evergreen forest. There were palm trees … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Forestsre-wilding/walkingTravel The Last Deep Dark Primeval Forest in Europe? by Mike Pole May 13, 2014 by Mike Pole May 13, 2014 In Poland there are any number of subjects that might make good postcards, Polish girls perhaps. But decaying logs? In the far … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
ForestsTravel Mongolia – The Lost Forests of the Gobi by Mike Pole May 4, 2014 by Mike Pole May 4, 2014 When an entire landscape loses its forests, it can be so complete that most of us would have no comprehension of what … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Forests Attack of the Forest-Killing Fungi (Kauri and the Elm Decline) by Mike Pole April 24, 2014 by Mike Pole April 24, 2014 New Zealanders are becoming aware of a new threat to their native forests – as if logging, burning, opossums, deer, ferrets, cats, … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
