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Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by spenczar5 on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:15AM (#32138644)
It’s complicated. Iceland is less corrupt than many nations with tropical rainforests, so your dollars are more likely to actually be used as you intended. There is very little logging industry competing against you and virtually no poaching so your effort is more durable, too.

It’s hard to quantify these things and get a conclusive answer on which is better; I think we can leave it at “both are good.”

Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by lucb1e on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:25PM (#32140811)
> There is very little logging industry

I wonder why :P

When I was in Iceland, they told me the reason they don't have forests anymore is that the vikings and other later settlers logged it. (Of course, a random horse tour person isn't the best source so I could very well be misinformed.)

Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold sin... by yownie on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:57PM (#32147019)
you were correctly informed, it was a combination of early settlers logging heavily plus long forest regrow times due to sparse sunlight plus sheep overgrazing saplings.