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Plan to Make Australian Timber Industry Pay for Rain

Environment  (tags: australia, victoria, politics, water, forestry )


- 117 days ago - theage.com.au
Having adopted Australia's National Water Initiative, the Victorian government has moved regulate the state's thirsty timber plantations, making them accountable for the water they use.
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Michael Angel (37)
Sunday May 11, 2008, 11:49 am
I think they need to examine the science of forests a bit more closely.

It is more likely that the forests produce rain rather than use rain.
 
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