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Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?

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Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?
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In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA's Northern Jarrah Forest. About $40 million was earmarked for so-called "permanent ecological offsets," for Alcoa to repair the damage in terms of ecology lost.

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