When purchasing land for afforestation, it is wise to be aware of potential opposition from community members raised in the old agricultural tradition, combined with restrictive and expensive planning regulations that local authorities may impose. Opposition may occur on the basis of wilding tree spread, water yield, soil erosion, biodiversity, aesthetics (each discussed below) or many other issues. Some of these arguments may be weak but are nonetheless expensive to refute. For example, dairying incurs ten times the heavy vehicle usage of forestry but the latter has receiveddisproportionately more opposition on the basis of road damage. Some arguments are real, and are an intrinsic drawback to forestry in that particular location. One example is water yield: how critical is annual water yield to the catchment that is to beplanted? Another example is wilding spread: are there "take-off" sites in the proposed plantation, and are there vulnerable locations downwind?
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