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"From the outside, planting trees seems simple. Seedlings want to grow – pop
them in the soil, water them and walk away.
But Australia has never seriously invested in restoration and has barely
monitored outcomes when it has been done. Recent research into the replanting
of 20 million trees nationwide found little impact on the threatened species
these trees were meant to support.
This matters, because Australia is a major global deforester. Efforts to
preserve forests are important, but the remnants that remain are highly
fragmented. Before 1788, forest covered an estimated 30% of the continent. Only
half of Australia’s forest coverage has survived colonisation.
For a little over a decade, we’ve experimented with different planting methods
on our own land in Queensland’s wet tropics. In our recent research, we
collated what works well and cheaply. Use a planter spade, make sure both
sapling and soil are wet, gently press the seedling into the hole, and only
spray weedkiller where needed."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics