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 Plantation Softwoods Plantation Woodchips Sustainable ManagementVibrant, Healthy Regrowth Forests
The following photographs show the progressive natural restoration of karri forest on the Rainbow Trail, near Pemberton. The area was clearfelled and regenerated following a severe wildfire in 1930. The photographs show the same area of forest in 1934, 1984 and 1999. They show how completely the karri forest regenerates to be indistinguishable from the forest it replaces. Photographs courtesy of CALM |
Disturbance and regrowth are part of the natural cycle of the forest. In Western Australia, our forests have evolved so that they can cope with major disturbance, such as fire or logging, and fully recover from it.