Kua kitea e mātou ko te tikanga pai hei whakamutu i te mahi tūkino i ngā ngāherehere e tūkinotia tonutia nei i te ao, me whakakotahi he whakaaro mā ngā rangatiratanga o ngā iwi; arā anō ia mō te tiakanga me te whakatupu paitanga o ngā ngāherehere e tū ana i ngā kāuru me ngā tahataha o ngā awa nunui; nō te mea kua mōhiotia tōna tikanga o te whakangaromanga whakaaro-koretanga o aua ngāherehere, arā he mimiti haere nō te wai o ngā awa (TWMNT 28/7/1874:184). / We have seen that the best way to stop the devastation of forests, which is still being carried out in the world, is that the nations must be united, but especially in relation to the preservation and proper cultivation of the forests lying at the sources and along the banks of the great rivers, because it is known that through the thoughtless destruction of those forests there is a decrease in the volume of water of the rivers.

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