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'It's basically dead': The legacy of decades of logging (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time, the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

There was a myth that started in the 70s that forests and other ecosystems would **regrow back to what they were **if they were left alone.

It was never an idea backed by science and the myth has since been debunked.

I suspect that it was an idea started and spread by the logging and mining industries to make their destruction seem not so bad, and thus we wouldn't protest as much and politicians would be more likely to say yes to their industry demands.