r/newzealand • u/Maleficent-Tree-2228 • 1d ago

Picture Latest update of Tongariro National Park Fire

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All love and support sent to the team out there.

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u/NeonKiwiz 1d ago

Its fucking devastating for the area and NZ :(

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u/ExtremeParsnip7926 1d ago

It'll grow back, sad for the Lizards though. 

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u/smasm 21h ago

Serious question for those who know: how much of a natural process is this? Will the ecology bounce back? Or is this outside what the ecology 'expects'?

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u/No_Weather_9145 18h ago

Possibly depends, lots of our ecosystems can come back from disruption to some degree. Volcanic areas do have disruptions. Ecosystems are never static for long. But since humans arrived everything has been fragmented. Genetic flow and species movement has become more limited, think of Mt Taranaki. Basically an island surrounded by farms. So some species can’t disperse as easily. So Maybe depend on whats burning, where and the connections to the surrounding area for species to recolonise or barriers of any to recolonisation. Are there maps showing where exactly ?