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"For decades, chainsaws have ripped through the native forests of south-east
Australia.
Across Australia, Victoria’s forests have been logged more than any other
mainland state over the past two decades.
Now the state is shutting its native logging industry in a matter of weeks, and
the forests that were once given to Victoria’s state-run logging agency,
VicForests, are being returned to the public.
By law, the logging agency is required to regenerate the areas it has logged
and hand them back to the public in a healthy state. But until now, how much
that has actually happened has largely been a mystery.
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of VicForests’ logging, researchers say, shows
the scale of failed regeneration in Victoria’s state forests.
The data, which has been shared exclusively with the
ABC, suggests that 20
per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging."
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
