The Indigenous Forests
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چکیده
The Maori of the Fleet, arriving in New Zealand some six hundred years ago, brought with them a number of tropical food plants which they were able to grow in warmer districts, clearing areas of forest to provide planting sites (Taylor 1958). As the native population increased in size so did their impact on the forests, particularly in northern districts where the greater part of postfleet population was domiciled (Buck 1950). Towards the end of the eighteenth century a number of European vegetables were introduced, of these the potato being of particular importance, providing the Maori, for the first time, with a staple food that could be grown in all districts with a certainty of good yields and which could be bartered with trading ships, missionaries, and settlers for muskets, axes, and other goods. This resulted in a great increase in the rate of forest destruction in all inhabited districts (Cameron in press).
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