gorse for the trees

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018703481/gorse-for-the-trees-how-one-man-brought-back-a-forest

Dr Wilson’s theory was that rather than getting rid of the gorse use it as a protective canopy allowing shade-loving natives to take root.

"It wasn't my idea, it is an ecologically well-known fact that gorse is a pioneer succession plant and it will give way, under most circumstances, to native forest.”

The key was to leave it well alone, take away the things that stopped the regeneration process and let nature do the hard work, Dr Wilson says.