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David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate

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Australia’s forestry industry raised eyebrows this month when it released plans to remove trees from native forests, potentially including national parks, and claim carbon credits in the process.

Forestry Australia, the industry body behind the plan, claims it would make ecosystems more resilient and help tackle climate change. But decades of research findings clearly suggest the proposal, if accepted, will have the opposite effect.

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