Pohara Marae: environmental enhancement plan
Catchments
Korihi ake ngÄ manu. TÄ kiri mai te ata Landuse capabilities Catchment 5 Catchment 6 Catchment 7
Enhancement Strategy Ecological significance 1840: Native forest cover
Native forest: analysis 1-2 Highly arable land 3-4 Moderately arable soil 5-6 Moderate-low arable soil 7-8 Non-arable land
Doyle Eccleshall, Jingqian Sun, Shibing Li, Natalie Couch 2016
River/ lake
Native forest
Wetlands: analysis
Now: Native forest cover
Areas identified for revegetation Indigenous forest
Erosion prone areas (slope of 15 degrees or more)
1840: wetlands
Exotic forest
Riparian buffers (stream edges)
Now: wetlands
Degraded soil.
Waikato rohe
Crops River/ lake
Fertile soils (prime areas for organic farming) Waikato awa
Agriculture
Native forest&stream restoration
Organic farming
(Transitional phase)
Mauri Tu: Protection & Enhancement