Coromandel Forest Park

Coromandel Forest Park
Geographical location
Coordinates	36 ° 59 ′  S , 175 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 59 ′  S , 175 ° 37 ′  E
Country :	New Zealand
Region (s) :	Waikato
Location:	Coromandel Peninsula
Protected area
Protected area type:	Forest Park
Founded:	1970
expansion
Number of areas:	8th
Area :	approx. 720 km²
Mountains :	Coromandel Range
The Office Department of Conservation
Office:	Kauaeranga Visitor Center 995C Kauaeranga Valley Road Thames 3577
Photography from Forest Park
Coromandel Forest Park on the way from Coroglen to Tapu looking west

The Coromandel Forest Park is a standing reserve forests in the region Waikato on the North Island of New Zealand . The park is subordinate to the Department of Conservation .

geography

The Coromandel Forest Park extends with eight individual areas and a total area of ​​approx. 72,000  hectares over parts of the Coromandel Peninsula to the south down to the Karangahake Gorge , which runs between Paeroa in the west and Waihi in the east. The park's largest contiguous wooded area is north of New Zealand State Highway 25A and south of New Zealand State Highway 309 . In the west it extends in parts to the coast to the Firth of Thames and in the east at one point to the small town of Tairua , which lies on the Bay of Plenty .

history

After gold was found on the Coromandel Peninsula in the 1840s , the forest in the affected areas suffered from gold mining. Logging and harvesting resin from the Kauri trees also put a strain on the forests. Gold mining in the forests continued into the 1930s and logging of the kauri trees into the 1940s. In 1970 the peninsula's forests were placed under protection under the administration of the New Zealand Forest Service and designated as a Forest Park . The grand opening of the park took place on March 7, 1970. In the years that followed, the New Zealand Forest Service planted around 40,000  kauri trees to preserve the forest. But many trees did not survive and the protection of the forest was criticized by the locals as insufficient.

With the passage of the Conservation Act 1987 , the Department of Conservation took over responsibility for nature conservation in the park in 1987 .

literature

• New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).

Web links

• Coromandel Forest Park . Department of Conservation,accessed February 28, 2020. 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coromandel Peninsula Conservation Land Management Plan . Department of Conservation , February 2002, p.  8 (English, online [PDF; 7.4 MB ; accessed on February 28, 2020]).
2. ^ New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p.  Map 8, Map 10 .
3. ^ ^{A b} Doug Johansen: Coromandel Forest Park . In: Ohinemuri Regional History Journal . June 22, 1978 (English, online [accessed February 28, 2020]).
4. ↑ Crosbies settlement . (PDF; 11.1 MB) Department of Conservation , accessed on February 28, 2020 (English).  
5. ^ Opening of Coromandel Forest park (1970) . Archives New Zealand , accessed February 28, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Emma Darragh : Kauri Heritage on The Coromandel . The Coromandel , May 28, 2028, accessed February 28, 2020 .  
7. ^ Conservation Act 1987 . In: New Zealand Legislation . Parliamentary Counsel Office , accessed February 28, 2020 .