How Australia is Regreening its Deserts Back into a Green Oasis

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on planet earth, and is home to The Great Australian Desert which is the the 4th largest desert in the world after The Antarctic, The Arctic and The Sahara.
Australia is comparable in size to The United States however its population is significantly less than America’s, the whole of Australia has about the same number of people living in it as the state of Texas. Despite the low population Australia is one of the worst developed countries in the world for broadscale deforestation, wiping out endangered forests and woodlands. In fact, they have cleared nearly half of all forest cover in the last 200 years!

It began in around the early 1800s when the British colonized Australia in search of land and fortunes. At that time Britain had already been completely stripped of trees for centuries by intensive agriculture and war, even today The United Kingdom has one of the lowest percentages of forest cover in Europe. British timber companies were granted free access to vast areas of virgin forest in Australia and trees were felled for agriculture and railway tracks which were constructed alongside other transit infrastructure such as roads, bridges and jetties.

By the 1880s concerns about stripping the forests were being raised but no steps towards conservation were taken and now Australia has become the worst offending country in the world for mammal extinctions, 55 wildlife species plus 37 plant species have gone extinct. The wide spread deforestation has resulted in 55% of all Australian land area being used for agricultural purposes and around 72% of all agricultural output is exported. Meat and live animals has been the fastest-growing export segment, growing 33% in value, However agriculture only accounts for 1.9% of value added (GDP) and 2.5% of employment in 2020–21.

The wide spread land degradation has resulted in man made desertification after centuries of tiling, and the introduction of non native grazing grasses has taken its toll on the landscape. However some regions in Australia are starting to turn this around, transforming large areas of degraded land back into bio-diverse ecosystems, by restoring millions of trees and in turn improving the lives for rural farming communities, as well as capturing over a million tons of carbon to benefit the planet as a whole. This can be considered a major accomplishment for any country, particularly one that has a low average rainfall of 16 inches per year. In this video we will show you how a 200km long green corridor will connect 12 nature reserves across a 10,000 km².

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[thelamegoat]

Good on them I'm in Tasmania Australia on a 53 Acer old farm on the Mersey River I've already planted over 2000 trees and shrubs for the native animals and birds trying to grow back the forest 🙂

[fleurieuestates]

I’m Australian- I’m very skeptical of this information. Government grants are handed out from time to time but Australia is still clearing land and it has not been reversed

[jacquimaynard]

This might be happening in one small patch of Australia. Everywhere else the rampant clearing of trees has increased 300% in the past few years. The 'greenwashing' policies where people are paid not to cut down trees is a rort. This country is NOT improving. It is getting worse daily. Nice try. I live here. We are decimating this country. Down to less than 1% of biodiversity that was here when we arrived in 1778.

[Dafurias]

For whatever reason I thought Australia was really proud of their wildlife and landscapes, had no idea they were destroying it at such a fast rate.

[gcb]

This is interesting for me to see as I grew up in the Coorow/Carnamah area not too far from Yarra Yarra salt lake. My father was a farmer, as were his two brothers and my brother. My father kept rainfall records from the 1920s. His records and those of the BOM suggest that rainfall averages have declined 10% to 20% since the 1960s, however there has been a Green revolution with wheat growing that has enabled crops to withstand drier conditions. BOM scientists say that rainfall will continue to decline about another 15% by the end of the century. It's apparently something to do with Indian ocean temperatures. My father's generation of farmer cut most of the vegetation away, not realising the water table was salty. His first house was moved as it was on what became a salty barren area with seasonal flood plain. Later in life he liked to propagate native plants and plant them along roadsides. By then the damage had been done and I suspect the policy of land development by the West Australian government during the 1960s may have added to the decline in rainfall. In areas west of Yarra Yarra, where the soil is sandy would have different and quite interesting vegetation.

[LureThosePixels]

Sickening how much Australia, in particular NSW and QLD, clears land for no reason whatsoever.
Said as someone who lives in QLD and sees it rampant every day.

[jamieheald]

Having black cockatoos come to your back yard is such a blessing they are stunning birds. I love this country and I hope with our new government we can continue making strides in the right direction between utilisation and conservation. It is an indescribably beautiful country with so many different landscapes and people well worth a visit

[TankManHeavy]

A step in the right direction of restoring our planet. Big respect to all those taking part & supporting.

[superdonyoungy]

Sorry, I live in Australia and I can confirm we do an appalling job with our forests. If it can be chopped down or dug up we're in there with shovels and chainsaws.
We get floods on the coast and droughts inland and we haven't got the balls to get that water collected and moved inland.
I love it here, but we suck up to the mining industry hard.

[b_uppy]

Been seeing a lot of innovation in regenerative ag. They could turn it up a notch with restorative ag techniques. If they use natives, or native-based food biomes that also produce food and livestock feed, they've got a winner.

[yes]

If only people were so keen on planting trees, as they're on trotting a treadmill, then the forest cover would be 80% everywhere. The system is wrong and people think inside boxes. Thank you for doing great work and inspiring us to be less insane in what we're doing with this planet

[olivianewton]

I live in Sao Paulo - Brazil, this idea is wonderful, and now I'm looking for some places to plant some trees! inspiring!

[styxga]

Australia is on the right track but is in its infancy I feel but they have some of the top minds on permaculture so let’s hope they push in the right direction and the USA and the rest of the world will get on the same train

[livinHim]

Hey! Thank you so much for your videos. I found your channel a couple months ago and it has really inspired me. I just got a job in forestry and hope to make a positive change in the environment. Keep educating the dreamers!

[mdaus]

I had no idea this was happening and I live in western australia. Thanks for the video

[rap]

I think that what we’ve learned from these projects is that biodiversity is absolutely critical as well as the use of native trees and shrubs… along with swells to help with the capture of ground water.

[anunusualironiccircumstanc]

Keep planting those trees Australia. 👏🏻

[NANA-ebxq]

Before I critise I want ya all to know I've planted 7000 trees in my local area. What frustrated me is these straight lines of reveg that makes it look like farming somekind of fruit. It's not hard to just make it wavey or something

[haidersheran]

I woukd love Australia to become a world role model in the reforestration and revival of biodiversity.

[tonyv]

This video is so pleasing. Trees are the lungs of the Earth. They take in CO2 and give off O2...Life...I have replaced native trees on my land after I had to remove many because of disease and parasitic plants. I love trees and live next to a wildlife/water area. Many species of waterfowl, birds, and 4 legged critters. My little piece of heaven. Also, I do not use chemicals or pesticides on my land.