KAPIRO, MANGATOA AND PUKETOTARA FORESTS Owned by LANDCORP FARMING LTD Forest Management Plan For the period 2013 / 2018 Prepared by: Erin Leahy and Sally Haddon P O Box 1127 | Rotorua 3040 | New Zealand T: 07 921 1010 | F: 07 921 1020 [email protected] | www.pfolsen.com I:\REPORTS\KPRO_MAGT_PKTA_MP13Final FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FSCGS04 KAPIRO, MANGATOA AND PUKETOTARA FORESTS Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4 Growing wood ............................................................................................................................. 4 Principles and Criteria ................................................................................................................. 4 About this Plan ............................................................................................................................ 4 2. MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES................................................................................................ 5 Environmental and economic services ........................................................................................ 5 Management objectives ............................................................................................................... 5 Implementation ............................................................................................................................ 6 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................. 7 3. FOREST LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 7 Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Location and access ..................................................................................................................... 7 Topography ................................................................................................................................. 8 Soils ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Climate ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Legal ownership .......................................................................................................................... 9 The ecological landscape........................................................................................................... 10 LENZ ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Threatened Environments Classification ................................................................................... 12 Protective status ......................................................................................................................... 14 4. MAP 1 - FOREST LOCATION MAP ...................................................................................... 15 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE AND ADJACENT LAND .................................................... 16 Forest history ............................................................................................................................. 16 Current social profile ................................................................................................................. 16 Associations with Tangata Whenua .......................................................................................... 17 Neighbours ................................................................................................................................ 17 6. THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................. 18 Regulatory considerations ......................................................................................................... 18 Resource Management Act ....................................................................................................... 18 District Plan ............................................................................................................................... 18 Regional Plans ........................................................................................................................... 20 Historic Places ........................................................................................................................... 22 Consents & authorities held ...................................................................................................... 22 The Emissions Trading Scheme ................................................................................................ 24 Other relevant legislation .......................................................................................................... 25 Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry .......................................................... 25 FOREST MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................... 26 7. FOREST ESTATE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................... 26 Forest area ................................................................................................................................. 26 Current species .......................................................................................................................... 26 Treestocks.................................................................................................................................. 27 Productivity indices ................................................................................................................... 28 Current crop status .................................................................................................................... 29 MARCH 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FSCGS04 KAPIRO, MANGATOA AND PUKETOTARA FORESTS Age Class Distribution .............................................................................................................. 29 8. RESERVE AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT SPECIES ............................................................... 30 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 30 Protected ecosystems ................................................................................................................. 30 Rare and threatened species ...................................................................................................... 32 – 9. MAP 3 KAPIRO FOREST STANDS MAP .......................................................................... 33 – 10. MAP 4 MANGATOA FOREST STANDS MAP .................................................................. 34 – 11. MAP 5 PUKETOTARA FOREST STANDS MAP ............................................................... 35 12. NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS AND OTHER SPECIAL VALUES .......................... 36 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 36 Non-timber forest products ....................................................................................................... 36 Other special values .................................................................................................................. 36 Recreational usage ..................................................................................................................... 37 13. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PRACTICES ................................................................. 38 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 38 Policy ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Environmental management goals ............................................................................................ 38 The EMS framework ................................................................................................................. 39 Assessment of environmental risks ........................................................................................... 41 Hazardous substances management .......................................................................................... 42 14. COMMERCIAL CROP ESTABLISHMENT AND SILVICULTURAL OPERATIONS ....... 43 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 43 Crop species .............................................................................................................................. 43 Other species ............................................................................................................................. 43 Establishment ............................................................................................................................ 44 Pre-establishment forest flora and fauna .................................................................................