Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "American Reacts to How Australia is Regreening its Deserts Back into a Green Oasis" video.

I should hunt down some video showing how eroded and topsoil-depleted land is being restored. Yes, we have a deplorable record with respect to logging native forests. Further, people were paid to clear land many years ago for grazing and agriculture. Contrary to some in the comments, we have clear-felled 90% of our arable land. Land was cleared using two bulldozers with a huge chain attached between them. They just drive through the scrub, ripping every tree from the ground. There are a now vast tracts of land being repaired by farmers nowadays. I won't go on. It'll be another long rant.
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@allandriver2066 90% of Australian woodlands were lost to clear-felling. The land was either used for agriculture or grazing. I'm not talking about 90% of the entire continent, just the arable, potentially productive land. Then, with early farming methods of ploughing, or allowing cattle free access to creek banks, erosion started, and in some cases has completely destroyed former fertile country.
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