Forestry

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Sciences & Technology

Planting timber forests on Australian farms

Australia needs new business models between industry and agriculture to inspire investment in trees on farms in order to guarantee the country’s future timber resources

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Arts & Culture

Our savage history of fighting bushfires

Too many firefighters have already died during Australia’s catastrophic bushfires this summer; a new project is looking back, honouring the stories of historical firefighters who lost their lives

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Sciences & Technology

All the forests in the world from a single layer of cells

Researchers have discovered the workings of wood-making cells inside trees, settling a century-old debate about how plants make bark and wood

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