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Macintosh’s analysis found a 5,383ha decline in woodland coverage between 2015-2021. Moreover, the overall trend in vegetation coverage on the site was found to be highly correlated to that of the surrounding LGA of Quilpie.
Sign up for our free morning and afternoon email newsletters from Guardian Australia for your daily news roundup When asked about Macintosh’s research, Corporate Carbon, which runs the site, pointed to a 2021 paper commissioned by the Clean Energy Regulator that exposed “foundational errors” in similar criticism of the HIR method.
However, Macintosh dismissed the report as “complete scientific nonsense” on account of its failure to use valid controls and its assumption of project activities starting five to seven years before they were registered.