Trees as an alternative crop — the future of forestry in Australia?
Forestry is a hotly disputed industry in Australia. Environmentalists want to preserve more valuable habitat to protect endangered species. Developers want to lock away forests as off-sets for their projects and at the same time want to clear forests to make space for said projects. Corporations want to buy rights to carbon sequestration. And then there are the landholders trying to make a living from timber. How do we navigate all these competing factors? How valuable are trees as an alternative crop? And what's the role of agroforestry in the future of sustainable farming?
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