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		Isamu on Oct 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iceland's attempts to replant its forests 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.

mark-r on Oct 20, 2017 [–]

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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