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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days ago

Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

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Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days ago

Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.

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We’re talking about bat shit right?
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  Can also be bird shit. Like what the article is referring. Its an interesting read with a happy ending.
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  Yup.
  
  https://www.amazon.com/4lbs-Cavern-CultureTM-Organic-Fertilizer/dp/B07NPRGP1Z/
  
  https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Earth-Pure-Natural-Guano/dp/B07B14FMFX/
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  gauno refers to bird or bat droppings, in this case bird.

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