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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by zz865 on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:06PM (#29201687)
> The UK has only approximately 13% forest cover. In Europe, only Denmark and Netherlands have similarly low coverage. > In France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, approximately one third of the land is covered in forests. Finland has an impressive 73% forest cover.

This is pretty well explained by population density, though which is cause and effect is debatable. (OK UK and Germany are ballpark similar)

NL: 421 UK: 272 DK: 135 FR: 118 IT: 200 ES: 92 DE: 232 FI: 16

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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by ska on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:22PM (#29201919)
UK population density is very uneven; e.g. SE vs Scottish highlands.
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Re:London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming ... by Angostura on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:40PM (#29205816)
On the plus side, we have about 13.2% wooded cover now - up from 12% in 1998 in the UK.
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