Replanted rainforests may benefit from termite transplants

7 May 2025
Rainforest
Image: Dr Baptiste Wijas

Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite ‘transplants’ may be necessary to give regenerated rainforests a boost.

A multi-year study in the Daintree region led by visiting University of Queensland academic Dr Baptiste Wijas found termites were not thriving in former farmland replanted with rainforest species.

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