Re:Last major primeval forest in Europe on 'brink of collapse'
by pjc50 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:43AM
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Accident of history, I suppose; most of the other primeval forest would have gone a long time ago. The remaining patches in the UK, for example, are tiny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_woodland
E.g. in 1773 Samuel Johnson’s famous tour of Scotland he complains about the lack of trees in the country. As far as I understand this was due to resource depletion for construction and fuel.
WW2 also caused both direct destruction of woodland and huge resource pressure across most of Europe.
E.g. in 1773 Samuel Johnson’s famous tour of Scotland he complains about the lack of trees in the country. As far as I understand this was due to resource depletion for construction and fuel.
WW2 also caused both direct destruction of woodland and huge resource pressure across most of Europe.