Protecting native forests more valuable than logging
FollowNew research has found Mountain Ash forests provide more value to the community and the global climate when protected and not logged.
Research scientists at the ANU, in partnership with information and communication technologists at Fujitsu Laboratories in Japan, have used long-term field data from the Central Highlands in Victoria to calculate the social, economic and environmental values of the forests after wildfire and after logging.
“Quantifying natural resources and the services they provide for human wellbeing is important in evaluating land management decisions,