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Forests as a sacred place in Western mythology

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posted on 2023-05-21, 20:38 authored by Edward LefroyEdward Lefroy
Forests it seems are the natural habitat of myth. In his opening address, Forestry Minister Eric Abetz identified one of the major challenges facing the. forest industry as the need to convince people that. tree farming is neither bad for the environment, nor bad for farmers or bad for regions. Forestry ecologist, David Lindenmayer then identified the myth of certainty, giving a dramatic example of how rapidly forest management changed in Canada with a transition from sawn timber to pulp production in five years as a result of the changing distribution of a pest, the mountain pine beetle

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Publication title

Australian Forest Grower

Volume

29

Issue

4

Pagination

14-16

ISSN

0156-448X

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

Australian Forest Growers

Place of publication

Canberra

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Copyright 2007 © Australian Forest Growers

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