RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzM to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agoNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.comRaoulDuke@lemmy.nzM to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s good I guess. Carbon capture and all that.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not that great… Any kind of monoculture is laying waste to the surrounding area.
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?
It’s good I guess. Carbon capture and all that.
It’s not that great… Any kind of monoculture is laying waste to the surrounding area.
Aren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?