Tree talk: Establishing natives and managing wilding pine spread (FTL)

Indigenous trees are vital for environmental health and biodiversity, and Aotearoa New Zealand has bold plans to re-establish them. Scientist and Scigest host Nicola Sullivan talks to invasion ecologist and establishing indigenous forests portfolio lead Tom Carlin about this work and why managing the spread of wilding pines is a key part of it. For links to a Farmers Weekly podcast on "Bringing down the cost of planting natives" and a Newsroom article on wilding pines in the South Island high country please view our Scigest page for this podcast on:

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Tree talk: Establishing natives and managing wilding pine spread (FTL) is an episode from scigest - Plant & Food Research podcast by New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited.

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This episode was published on Mar 23, 2026.

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