Ian Marshall (Independent)
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It was also stated that it is pretty hard to get people engaged in planting biomass. I have always found in engagements with agriculturalists and farmers that the words "forest" and "forestry" turn them off very quickly. Has much work been done on strategic planting, that is, not taking agricultural land out of production but taking some of the more marginal land such as the riparian strips and biomass corridors? I am referring to initiatives where the planting is additional and complementary to agriculture as opposed to something other than the conventional agricultural practices?