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It's not just the food supply. Plantation forestry consists of genetically identical trees grown for miles and miles. Not only would the economic effects of an
by toomanybeersies 9y ago
It's not just the food supply.
Plantation forestry consists of genetically identical trees grown for miles and miles. Not only would the economic effects of an introduced fungus be bad, but the ecological effects of having entire forests die off could be disastrous.
- adrianN 9y agoAs far as biodiversity goes, those "forests" are already pretty much dead.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoUnsurprisingly, pine trees with all the lower branches stripped, laid out in a 5x5 metre grid, are not a great environment for promoting biodiversity.