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Re:Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” ... by otikik on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:10PM (#33087777)
The cutting of most European forests happened very recently, in the time between the start of industrial revolution and the creation of natural reserves and national parks.
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Re:Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” ... by asdff on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:28AM (#33092362)
This depends on where in europe. The various sea powers that were over history stripped plenty of islands and coastal Mediterranean areas bare of their forests for the sake of building ships that went on to rot in the sea. Roman sources tell of crops that were harvested to the point of extinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium
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