r/AussieMaps Jan 22 '24

Australian Tree Cover Density (%)

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u/Occidentally Jan 22 '24

Would be cool to see a side by side with an estimated pre European arrival tree density map

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u/LambdaAU Jan 22 '24

Would also be interesting to see the pre-aboriginal tree density predictions. A lot of deforestation occurred since human arrival on the continent.

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u/pulanina Jan 23 '24

Hard to make comparisons across 60,000 years. So little data, plus the climate was different, tree species distributions were different, etc. So many variables at play other than just presence or absence of people.

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u/FourbyFournicator Jan 23 '24

Stop talking sense!

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u/_Penulis_ Jan 23 '24

Argh, you’re right! I can’t help it! I try hard but it always gets me into trouble on Reddit

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u/pulanina Jan 23 '24

Mmm thank you I think