Federated Farmers of New Zealand is a lobby and advocacy group for farmers and rural communities. [1]
https://xcancel.com/FedFarmers/status/1926787639874637905
Pine trees are eating up sheep and beef land —not because forestry is a better use of that land, but because of New Zealand’s flawed [Emissions Trading Scheme] settings 🌲 🐑
Wikipedia ↩︎
Surely
cattle < grass < pine_trees < native_flora, right?maybe? nothing grows in these tree plantations though. if you’ve ever taken a walk in old forestry land that’s now for public use a lot of the areas they replanted in just look and feel kinda desolate even with all the trees.