DaveDay34 wrote in message

Larry, if the Oaks were going to be cut down or destroyed in any way
whatsoever, I'd rather they were sold off and relocated. I wouldn't be
bothered where to. If they went to China, I wouldn't care, at least
they'd be
alive.

I think you have a problem with the NZ government's policy on
development, and
that's another issue entirely. The only way to really address the
issue in a
way that'd make you happy would be to stop development all together
wherever
there are Dicksonia antarctica.

As the NZ government are unlikely to stop all development where there
are
Dicksonia antarctica I think relocation is a good second option to fall
back
on. At least the ferns are being preserved, only being taken from
sites that
are being developed, and the government are regulating. I'm not sure
that you
actually understand all the issues involved here. Whether people buy
Dicksonias or not is unlikely to affect anything at all.

I think the thing is that the Dicksonia will survive the removing and
relocating whereas a full or even half grown oak would never do that.

As long as they do have the export license then I see no reason not to
have them in the UK, it is those people who dig up and sell plants from
the wild with no controls that is the real problem.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk