The country is facing an escalating environmental disaster. In eastern Australia the destruction of trees and plants on farms, known as land clearing, has exploded. Our native vegetation is a key part of how we can stop the climate crisis, so why are we cutting down so many trees?

Joining host Laura Murphy-Oates in the first episode is Guardian Australia’s investigations editor, Anne Davies.



Read the story from Anne Davies, and explore the interactives by Nick Evershed and Andy Ball in Stripped bare: Australia’s hidden climate crisis.

Read our environment editor Adam Morton’s analysis: Australia spends billions planting trees – then wipes out carbon gains by bulldozing them.

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