Restoring land into native forest - The Tīmata Method
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Published 2023-05-02
This method has been proven to be more effective and significantly cheaper than conventional methods, reducing the cost of establishing native trees to almost a third of traditional 'high-density' planting projects. The Tīmata Method involves a colonising forest approach, where kānuka and mānuka are planted at lower densities, acting as a canopy layer for establishing larger trees in the future. Invasive plant and animal control, crucial for the project's success, are integrated into the process, making follow-up weed control on the dramatically cheaper in the long run.
While the Tīmata Method has shown to be successful, there is a need for greater extension and education to spread its benefits and to ensure the availability of resources and pest control management for successful reforestation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Here is a link to the paper:
ourlandandwater.nz/outputs/retiring-farmland-into-…
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I had half an acre of kikuyu at the beach. No interest in mowing so have reverted most of it back into bush Brought 500 mixed native seedling first. That did not work the rabbits just clipped most of them before they got established. Plan b was spray out the kikuya and spread seed heavy manuka branches around. Result was impressive the branches protected the newly sprouting seedlings and soon tee tree was a dense cover. Now its Simple to cut a hole in the cover and get the bigger trees established. The change is amazing I have native birds and lizards every where.. Once you have cover the birds will bring in seeds of new species . I also have a couple of hectares of grazed Taraire and Kahikatea bush Fenced it off and trapped possum. Its taken five years but now the undergrowth is really coming out . Great pleasure when i find a new species of tree the birds have brought in.
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I bow down to all the people who dedicated their lives to reforest and heal our planet. You are true heroes!
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As an Australian, I am so heartened to watch knowledgeable and experienced people regenerating farmland. My wife and I have a rural suburban block on the south coast of NSW which used to be rainforest, and over the past 30 years have encouraged the (assisted) re-growth of the original rainforest - I am pleased to see that allowing the land to heal naturally with sensitive and appropriate help, is a well established process - as evidenced by this video....well done!
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So refreshing to see land restoration with native species given the same thought and determination as go into planting exotic forests. This is a straightforward and affordable pathway to the wholesale reafforestation that Australia also needs, after 250 years of European desecration of our ecosystems
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This should be how companies offset their carbon! Not by planting pines that create a stand of uninhabitable, soil drenching trees. Awesome video and so well produced, froth those forest drone shots 🌳🌳
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As a Scottish guy managing my own young deciduous woods on formerly arable land I found this fascinating and have taken more than a few lessons from this. I'm definitely going to attempt fungal enrichment using commercially available mycorrhizal planting agents when trying to establish higher value/slower establishing trees among my pre-existing nurse crops. I hope you guys maintain your bio-hygiene at your borders, it is a crying shame to have lived through Dutch elm disease and now ash die back and being forced to watch our woods and copses being decimated in front of our eyes. Best of luck with your most worthy projects.
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Gotta thank the algorithms in landing me to this/your film, Geoff. Amazing mahi by everyone involved. Thankful for you bringing this collaboration to life and spreading the goodness to folks globally. This is inspiration I needed this week and moving forward. About to have a kōrero tomorrow with folks in the Motueka region interested in planning for a syntropic ag food forest. All the best to the team in your corner of Aotearoa.
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So refreshing to see people that care about our planet
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You’ve done a bloody amazing job here Geoff and team. Ngā mihi nui.
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Having done a few small-scale soil remediation projects, I can appreciate your effort. Keep up the great job!
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What a breathtaking beautiful country you guys have. I wish I could live 500 years to see what this becomes!
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Fantastically produced and perfectly pitched. Well done Geoff!
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Thanks Geoff. This is great info for the Bird Rd project. Your work is precious to this world.
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Such a well done doco, really insightful. Thanks for the work you both do in this space. Hope this inspires people into the native land care realms.
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This is really incredible, its nice to see people who really care about the land.
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This is soo good and just what is needed. Well done
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Good work getting this useful information out there Geoff. Great video footage, but I was disappointed we didn't see you in front of the camera.
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I’ve been hoping and praying for the same for the lands of west marin national seashore in California which was converted to cattle pastures by prior generations. The native trees and foliage of that area Date to the Jurassic. Also the restoration of the plains bison which once numbered 60 million and generated 15 feet of topsoil. The genocide of the bison resulted in the environmental catastrophe known as the dust bowl .
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Massive step forward, amazing mahi
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A wonderful and informative video that should be part of Educational Resources so that future Generations are able to follow/ back up Resource Document. Thank You Jeff Reid always enjoy this information.
