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A comment on Iceland's attempts to replant its forests. Parent comment

Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by Isamu on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:21AM (#15515977)
I agree, you'd have to carefully protect your trees until they reach a reasonable size that they can hold their own.

Sheep will definitely prevent reforestation, although they are less likely than goats to harm saplings of a certain size.

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by mark-r on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:41AM (#15516135)
The problem is that "carefully protect your trees" doesn't scale. And it's completely impossible for natural propagation, which is the only realistic way of meeting the goal of reforestation.
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