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![]() Research Proven20 year-old research plots show how the Forestry Reclamation Approach allows native forests to be re-established after reclamation. | ![]() 1995Pre-mining | ![]() 2004Red=Unripped; Green=Ripped & Reforested | ![]() 2007Red=Unripped; Green=Ripped & Reforested |
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![]() 2008Red=Unripped; Green=Ripped & Reforested | ![]() 2009Red=Unripped; Green=Ripped & Reforested | ![]() 2013Red=Unripped; Green=Ripped & Reforested | ![]() 2016The unripped area remains as a grassland while the ripped and planted areas become a forest. |
![]() 2017In just 14 years following reforestation, this site is already starting to look like a forest again. | ![]() 2017The canopy has closed. | ![]() 2017The closed canopy shades the understory, allowing native vegetation to replace the non-natives. | ![]() 2017More evidence of the shaded understory. |
![]() 2017Evidence of the ripping is hardly noticeable except for the line of trees within the rips. The forest will take on a less structured look over time. |
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