• yads@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    How long would land have to be abandoned before it would have the same characteristics as current undisturbed land?

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      1 year ago

      It depends. When you disturb land, you turn back the clock. If you’ve clear cut, for instance, it’s going to take as long as it took the forest to develop.

      Quiet the non answer right?

      My point, in this case, is that you don’t get a 250 year old forest in anything less than 250 years. But that is sure a lot better than 600 years to get the same forest if you’ve mined the area for instance, instead of just clearing it.