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.
Without care, reforestation projects can damage ecosystems and be useless as carbon stores. Here’s how to go about it the right way.
Huge gum tree plantations shelter big koala populations, but when the trees are cut down the koalas flood into nearby habitat.
Plants live off carbon dioxide, but a higher level of the greenhouse gas in the air doesn’t necessarily lead to more biomass production.
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow in Ecology, Griffith University
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Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Climate Change, Forests and Livelihoods, University of Reading
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University of the Sunshine Coast
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Visiting fellow, Australian National University