Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat

Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat

Cynthia A Jackson, ShutterstockQueensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally. The latest state government figures show regrowth across more than 7.6 million hectares in Queensland in 2020-21. These trees, though young, still provide valuable habitat for many threatened species – as long as they’re not bulldozed again. Our new research explor…

Diverse forests and forest rewilding offer resilience against climate change

When it comes to reforestation, planting a diversity of tree species could have a plethora of positive effects on forest health and resilience, climate mitigation and biodiversity. That’s based on research from the world’s largest tree-planting experiment, in China, and the world’s longest-running tropical forest planting experiment, in Panama. Florian Schnabel, lecturer and chair of silviculture at Freiburg University in Germany, and his team r…

Queensland is widely known as the capital of land compensation in Australia. But what is not so well known is that many clear trees can grow naturally. The latest figures from the state government show that more than 7.6 million hectares in Queensland were pushed back in 2020-2010. [...]