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Re:Fighting poverty accidentally stopped deforestation by twic on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:19AM (#23549426)
It's even worse in the UK - we call those original forests "ancient woodland", and there is not a lot left:

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/ha...

Even these have usually had some human intervention, such as occasional felling of oak trees for timber, even if the whole wood wasn't cleared.

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Re:Fighting poverty accidentally stopped deforestation by namibj on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:47AM (#23552068)
"Hambacher Forst" was the last large ancient woodland in Germany, but then RWE got permission to dig up the lignite and burn it. Quite sad.
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