Research Outputs and Publications

Nature Conversations Podcast: What is Environmental DNA (eDNA) and How Can it Help? – A Conversation with Dr Shaun Wilkinson. September 10, 2024. Access: https://youtu.be/Se41PcD6H0g?si=AcwTGK-OFIP5VbC4
Forbes, A. & Case, B. (2024). Ngā Awa River Restoration Programme. Revegetation Options to Increase Climate Change Resilience and Support Restoration of the Awapoko, Oruru and Oruaiti Catchments in Doubtless Bay, Northland. Contract Report prepared for the Department of Conservation.
Nature Conversations Podcast: Forest Landscape Restoration and Assisted Natural Regeneration – A Conversation with Robin Chazdon. June 7, 2024. Access: https://youtu.be/NkdBfpAocNE
Nature Conversations Podcast: Oceanic Manta Ray in Aotearoa – Lydia Green and Manta Watch New Zealand. May 17, 2024. Access: https://youtu.be/17gOEBgv7uY
Nature Conversations Podcast: Long-term Restoration and Tree Growing – A Conversation with Prof. Karen Holl. April 26, 2024. Access: https://youtu.be/80cPo-5z_Tc
Forbes, A. S., Richardson, S. J., Carswell, F. E., Mason, N. W. H., Burrows, L. E. (2023). Knowing when native regeneration is for you, and what you should do about it. The Aotearoa New Zealand context. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 3524.
Recorded Podcast (2023, March 10). Dr Adam Forbes Cyclone Gabrielle. Recording available at this link.
Marshall, G. R., Wyse, S. V., Manley, B. R., & Forbes, A. F. (2023). International use of exotic plantations for native forest restoration and implications for Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 3516.
Case, B., Forbes, A., Stanley, M., Hinchliffe, G., Norton, D., Suryaningrum, F., Jarvis, R., & Buckley, H. (2023). Towards a framework for targeting national-scale, native revegetation in Aotearoa New Zealand’s agroecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 3504.
Forbes, A., & Forbes., V. (2022). Threats to Kauri. YouTube Production.
Forbes, A., & Forbes., V. (2022). Kauri as an extremist. YouTube Production.
Forbes, A., & Forbes., V. (2022). Regenerating Kauri. YouTube Production.
Recorded Podcast (2022, August 13). Sequester side-steppers. Recording available at this link.
Forbes, A., & Forbes., V. (2022). Successful forest restoration: SER's principles at Te Mata Park. YouTube Production.
Maher, S., & Forbes, A. (2022). Responsible forest-centred climate policy. Policy Quarterly, 18(2), 46-50.
Forbes, A. (2021). Native Seedling Growth is Reduced in an Exotic Tree Lucerne Stand Located at a Dry Eastern South Island Site. Contract Report Prepared for Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research by Forbes Ecology Limited.
Forbes, A. (2021). Milnthorpe Park Forest Survey. Contract Report Prepared for Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research by Forbes Ecology Limited.
Forbes, A. (2021). Review of Actual Restoration Costs, 2021. Contract Report Prepared for the Ministry of Primary Industries by Dr Adam Forbes.
Forbes, A. (2021). Restoring Exotic Plantation Clear-Fells: Guidance for Northern South Island Districts.
Contract Report Prepared for Nelson City Council by Dr Adam Forbes.
Forbes, A. (2021). Transitioning Exotic Plantations to Native Forest: Practical Guidance for Landowners. MPI Information Paper No: 2021/07. Prepared for Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forestry Service by Forbes Ecology Limited.
Forbes, A., & Norton, D. (2021). Transitioning Exotic Plantations to Native Forest: A Report on the State of Knowledge. MPI Technical Paper No: 2021/22. Prepared for Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forestry Service by Forbes Ecology Limited.
Forbes, A. (2021). Long-term thinking, resilience and doing forestry differently [Guest Editorial]. New Zealand Journal of Forestry, 66(2), 2.
Profiled by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER; 1 July 2021) in: Members in Action - Adam Forbes, Restoration Ambassador for Forestry New Zealand/Te Uru Rākau. Retrieved from: https://www.ser.org/news/571664/Members-in-Action-Adam-Forbes-Restoration-Ambassador-for-Forestry-New-ZealandTe-Uru-Rkau.htm
Research featured in: Gibson, E. (2021, June 23). Carbon famers bought swaths of NZ promising to create native forests – but researchers doubt it will work. Retrieved from: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/125508000/carbon-farmers-bought-swaths-of-nz-promising-to-create-native-forests--but-researchers-doubt-it-will-work
Recorded Webinar (2021, June 9). Factors surrounding the use of Pinus plantations for restoration and how these factors might relate to wilding stands. Hosted by the NZ Wilding Conifer Group. Recording available at this link
Forbes, A. (2021). Permanent forestry requiring improved forest management - a North Canterbury example. New Zealand Journal of Forestry. 66(1), 25-32.
Recorded Webinar (2021, March 31): The Post Quake Farming Native Forestry Workstream. Funded by the Post Quake Farming Project.
Recording available at this link
Forbes, A. S. (2021). Transitioning Plantations to Native Forest, featured in the Pure Advantage campaign O Tātou Ngāhere Our Forest.
Forbes, A. S., Allen, R. B., Herbert, J. W., Kohiti, K., Shaw, W. B. (2021). Determining the balance between active and passive indigenous forest restoration after exotic conifer plantation clear-fell. Forest Ecology and Management, 479, 118621.
Restoration Ambassador role featured in: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/1bt-funds-northland-forest-taonga
Recorded presentation (2020, June 4): Indigenous forestry issues and opportunities of the 2016 magnitude 7.6 Kaikoura earthquake affected area (north Canterbury), Funded by the Post Quake Farming Project. Available at: https://vimeo.com/435971336
Research featured in: Gibson, E. (2020, April 19). Can we defend NZ's staggering natural carbon reserves? Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/121052187/can-we-defend-nzs-staggering-natural-carbon-reserves
Restoration Ambassador role featured in: Hill, D. (2020, February 12). Ambassador has free tree advice. Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/horticulture/ambassador-has-free-tree-advice
Norton, D. A., Suryaningrum, F., Buckley, H.L., Case, B.S., Cochrane, H.C., Forbes, A.S., Harcombe, M (2020). Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 44(2), 3408.
Forbes, A. S., Wallace, K. J., Buckley, H. L., Case, B. S., Clarkson, B. D., & Norton, D. A. (2020). Restoring Mature-Phase Forest Tree Species Through Enrichment Planting in New Zealand’s Lowland Landscapes. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 44(1), 3404.
Research featured in: Gibson, E. (2019, September 14). The unpopular tree sucking carbon from our air. Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/09/788817/nobody-loves-radiata
Forbes, A. S. (2019). Permanent Native Carbon Forests from Radiata Pine Plantations. Paper presented at Australia and New Zealand Institutes of Forestry Joint Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2019). Opportunities and limitations of exotic Pinus radiata as a facilitative nurse for New Zealand indigenous forest restoration. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 49(6).
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Marshall, G. (2018). Waimata River Riparian Zone Description and Guidance for Restoration. Contract report prepared for the Gisborne District Council by the New Zealand School of Forestry. Project report available from: https://www.envirolink.govt.nz/assets/Envirolink/Reports/1845-GSDC148-Waimata-River-riparian-zone-description-and-guidance-for-restoration.pdf
Forbes, A. S. (2017). A Ngāti Whare Evaluation of Natural Regeneration and Weed Cover on Returned Lands Following Harvesting of Exotic Plantations: To Plant or Not to Plant Native Seedlings for Restoration. Commissioned by Te Pua o Whirinaki Regeneration Trust. Project report available from: http://www.forbesecology.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Evaluation-of-Regeneration-Potential-Project-Whirinaki-Forbes-Ecology-Final-Feb18.pdf
Forbes, A. S. (2017). Canopy manipulations of exotic Bitter Willow (Salix elaeagnos) forest for indigenous seedling recruitment: A pilot study. Ecological Management and Restoration, 18(1), 78–82.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2016). Manipulating Pinus radiata plantations for native forest restoration in New Zealand. Poster presented at Southern Connection Congress, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Gaxiola, A., Jimenez, M., Forbes, A. (2016). Factors controlling the establishment and growth of indigenous trees under exotic tree plantations in New Zealand and Chile. Paper presented at Southern Connection Congress, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2016). Tree fern competition reduces indigenous forest tree seedling growth within exotic Pinus radiata plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 359, 1–10.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2016). Artificial canopy gaps accelerate restoration within an exotic Pinus radiata plantation. Restoration Ecology. 24(3), 336–345.
Forbes, A. S. (2015). Non-harvest Pinus radiata plantations for forest restoration in New Zealand (Unpublished doctoral thesis). Christchurch: University of Canterbury. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f4bd/7529c54b3e65a94b2a322124a537aaa640e8.pdf
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2015). Underplanting degraded exotic Pinus with indigenous conifers assists forest restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration,16(1), 41–49.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2015). Accelerating regeneration in New Zealand’s non-harvest exotic conifer plantations. Paper presented at the Sixth World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Forbes, A. S., Norton, D. A., & Carswell, F. E. (2014). Canopy gap creation and under-planting for indigenous forest restoration in non-harvest conifer plantations. Paper presented at the New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Norton D. A. & Forbes A. (2013). Can exotic pine trees assist in restoration? Applied Vegetation Science, 16(2),169–170.
Forbes A. (2011). Time for a Fresh Look at Coastal Shingle Beaches. Coastal News, 47, 9.