This coral island was stripped bare by mining; an Australian pilot spent 50 years bringing it back

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• Hindustan TimesLean L·1h ago

  This coral island was stripped bare by mining; an Australian pilot spent 50 years bringing it back

  Stripped bare by 1800s guano mining, Lady Elliot Island was rock and rubble by 1969. One pilot's decades of tree planting brought it back to life.

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