Land degradation through clearing rainforest on steep slopes. Mt Chinghee south of Beaudesert, Queensland, 1950s.

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Image No. 3-89
Land Use -- Queensland -- South East
Land degradation through clearing rainforest on steep slopes

Mt Chinghee south of Beaudesert, Queensland

1950s

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Landslips are frequent, nutrient loss endemic and weed invasion a certainty on this type of landscape when the forest cover is removed. See notes for Image 3-88.
Araucarian notophyll vine forest on soils from metamorphics with basalt enrichment.

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