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With
 you explore these beautiful world wonders - and learn
how rain forest plants, are a little like humans societies, they need food,
protection, variety of skills to compete, and strive to thrive.
When
KANES arrange walks to experience various aspects of these wilderness marvels, you
quickly see how the different plants are competing yet depending on each other.
Factors considered include: - weather - predators - parasites - layers -
altitude, etc. You see giants standing in swamps that were once lakes formed
as the
ice age glaciers receded.
Rainforests and
beaches meet, showing us the amazing way the trees and shrubs work together to protect
themselves from the frequent lashings of the salt laden ocean storms.
Mountain
Beech
Forests
These Amazing ancient forests
thrive competing with and depending on just their own species Their special
mountain environment has thrown at them enormous environmental changes since the dinosaurs roamed among them
100+ million years ago.
Coastland Podocarp Forests
At 100+ million years of mutation these rainforests thrive
in their special environment. We can observe each plants interdependence and competition
among the huge variety of life forms.
Forests for industry
Forests introduced from other lands are prolific and fast growing.
Mainly Radiata Pines were first planted on otherwise unproductive land. They
are now highly productive for
timber but must be their spreading seedlings must be contained as these
plants are very destructive to all other plant species.
Introduced pests
More virulent and versatile modern species of plants and
animals are threatening to displace the less aggressive native species.
We learn how massive human effort and regulations are now in place to ensure
the survival of these unique plant communities rainforests.
STUDIES
Depending on interests we explore microclimates and the incredible ancient species
including
plants,
birds and insects of the forests. We see how native life relies on the forests to survive.
In the process we become aware of the reliance
humans have for these and we discover the reasons why these rainforests are so unique in the world.
Forests
North Island's Main Population Zone
Forests in the Glacier & Scenic
Zone
Forests in the Alpine
Trails Zone
LINK
1 Podocarp rain forest
LINK 2 Podocarp rain forest
VIDEO
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