yay, even more acres of sterile monoculture tree farm that burn even hotter when the wildfire rips through …
this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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- this would be so easy to do at a corporate level
- something along the lines of Miyawaki forests
- more variety of trees (just say “no” to monoculture)
- more trees
- less space
- less maintenance (allow the undergrowth to grow in)
- something along the lines of Miyawaki forests
- but no corporation would do this
- tree farms allow them to double-dip – claim the carbon credits AND harvest the timber
- requires them to put in initial research into choosing native species
The research is already done. All they need to do is call a local university agriculture extension where they are considering a project.