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Environment: Biodiversity

While timber plantations are primarily grown for producing timber, not as havens for wildlife, plantations are relatively tall and dense and remain undisturbed for long periods. As such, plantations can provide homes and refuges for some native species.

In many plantations, significant areas of native vegetation are retained beside streams and in wet, steep and rocky areas unsuitable for commercial tree growing. These areas are actively managed by plantation growers, and provide significant habitat for native fauna and are buffered from surrounding cleared land by the plantation trees.

Refer to Reports and Resources section 'Eucalypt plantations as habitat for wildlife' for information on a current project quantifying the biodiversity benefits of plantations.

For further information, please go to:

• Greening Australia
• Community Biodiversity Network

Soil | Water and salinity management | Biodiversity | Carbon sequestration | GMO's