Day 058 - 30 Nov 94 - Page 25


     
     1   Q.   I understand that.  I just wanted to know when you say
     2        "restocked", I do not know if that was the same as
     3        "replanting"?
     4        A.  Yes, replanting.
     5
     6   Q.   It is roughly the same?
     7        A.  And in order to find such a figure, I asked those who
     8        are responsible for the control of pesticides, a government
     9        body, what they thought to be proportion.  This is the
    10        figure that I was given.  That is why I have used it.
    11
    12   Q.   So the 11,000 to 12,000 hectares would be again about a
    13        third of the area that is being replanted?
    14        A.  Correct.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  And these are only forests as you defined it
    17        the day before yesterday, not small woodlands?
    18        A.  Oh, yes, the amount of treatment applying in small
    19        woodlands would be very, very small indeed, and relating
    20        all this, of course, one has to remember that this is done
    21        but once in the cycle and it is not an annual treatment as
    22        applies in agriculture.
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS:  No, but in any particular part of a forest that is
    25        being restocked or replanted, roughly one in three of those
    26        total areas in the country will be treated with
    27        insecticides?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   Q.   As a general sort of summary?
    31        A.  Yes.  I give you there a proportion as applied to the
    32        total amount of pesticides or insecticides which are used
    33        in the country, and you can see that the 30,000 kilograms
    34        compares with the 22 million kilograms that are used in all
    35        sorts of other applications unrelated to forestry.
    36
    37   Q.   Right, but that may be a criticism of other agricultural
    38        practices?
    39        A.  It could well be.
    40
    41   Q.   If we move over the page, the use of fertilizers.  We have
    42        not got figures for the fertilizers, have we?
    43        A.  No, but I think one could say without much hesitation
    44        that the proportions in relation to agriculture are tiny
    45        because agriculture applies fertilizer on a regular basis
    46        and forestry has no need to do it except in very rare
    47        conditions indeed.
    48
    49   Q.   Not all agriculture uses fertilizer?
    50        A.  No. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Organic agriculture does not, or herbicides or 
    53        insecticides?
    54        A.  No, of course not.
    55
    56   Q.   So when you say in your first paragraph:  "The practice of
    57        leaving the brash, or small limbs of coniferous trees on
    58        clear felled areas contributes to the nutrient supply for
    59        the young seedlings", nutrient supplies is very important
    60        for soil quality, yes, and quantities, in fact?

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