Australia’s largest botanic garden has been using drones to accelerate the planting of trees and restore native Australian species, particularly after weed invasions, bushfires, and droughts left their garden in bad shape.
More than 52 million hectares of Australia’s land are now considered degraded.
Australian Botanic Garden’s Curator Manager Michael Elgey said they had cleared dense forests of the invasive weed African olive, the prime offender in their garden.
“After decades of olive invasion, there were very few native species remaining,” he said.
“This project is a fantastic opportunity to re-establish the original native vegetation and create habitat on these ‘ground zero’ cleared olive sites.”…