Why we are measuring the health of Australian vegetation poorly
- Written by Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney
The Victorian mountain ash forest has been severely affected by fires and logging. To determine the actual health of the forest, we need to look at the quality, not just the quantity of what remains.Graeme/flickr, CC BY-NC
Many of Australia’s ecosystems are in a much worse condition than we think. This is because officials are measuring the...
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