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We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.
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Directing public funds to native forest logging is bad for the economy, the climate and biodiversity, and will increase bushfire risk.
Breathe in the fresh forest air.
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Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here’s how to go about it the right way.
After gum trees are cut down, the koalas that lived in them must take a hike.
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Huge gum tree plantations shelter big koala populations, but when the trees are cut down the koalas flood into nearby habitat.
Fast-growing plantation trees store less carbon per surface area than old, undisturbed forests that may show little growth.
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Plants live off carbon dioxide, but a higher level of the greenhouse gas in the air doesn’t necessarily lead to more biomass production.