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Yes the Amazon rainforrest is nearly gone and it should have been protected better but also all other countries forrests should have been protected, for example

Yes the Amazon rainforrest is nearly gone and it should have been protected better but also all other countries forrests should have been protected, for example where there were massive forrests across europe that were destroyed centuries ago for building things like towns, cathedrals and castles and for firewood.. these should be at least in some significant part re-grown.

FooHentai 7y ago
>destroyed centuries ago for building things like towns, cathedrals and castles and for firewood Agree with your point entirely but also want to mention that the motivation behind not re-growing is land-clearing for reasons not stated i.e. farmland, transport infrastructure, housing. The use of wood for building materials and even firewood is carbon neutral if appropriately managed, it's those specific motivations to keep the land cleared that have led to an overall draw-down of forest cover. You can't restore cover without addressing the motivations for clearing it, and use of wood for building/heat is a bit of a red herring in that sense.
_iyig 7y ago
"Two decades after its fall, the border between East and West Germany would become Europe's biggest nature reserve: an 858-mile "ecological treasure trove", no longer the Iron Curtain but the Green Belt, and home to more than 600 rare and endangered species of birds, mammals, plants and insects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Green_Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Green_Belt
- Merrill 7y ago
  The area around Chernobyl is another example. If you get rid of people, the ecosystem recovers pretty rapidly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us
  - jbarham 7y ago
    And the Korean DMZ: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/13/wildlife-thriving-korean-demilitarised-zone https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/13/wildlife...
bamboozled 7y ago
Also there is nothing stopping developed nations from protecting what they have already and actually regenerating forests. I guess most people in Western Democracies are more worried about what everyone else is doing while our own politician ruin everything.
- kortilla 7y ago
  Not really. At least not in the US. Deforestation is pretty heavily controlled.

FooHentai 7y ago

>destroyed centuries ago for building things like towns, cathedrals and castles and for firewood Agree with your point entirely but also want to mention that the motivation behind not re-growing is land-clearing for reasons not stated i.e. farmland, transport infrastructure, housing. The use of wood for building materials and even firewood is carbon neutral if appropriately managed, it's those specific motivations to keep the land cleared that have led to an overall draw-down of forest cover. You can't restore cover without addressing the motivations for clearing it, and use of wood for building/heat is a bit of a red herring in that sense.

_iyig 7y ago

"Two decades after its fall, the border between East and West Germany would become Europe's biggest nature reserve: an 858-mile "ecological treasure trove", no longer the Iron Curtain but the Green Belt, and home to more than 600 rare and endangered species of birds, mammals, plants and insects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Green_Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Green_Belt

Merrill 7y ago
The area around Chernobyl is another example. If you get rid of people, the ecosystem recovers pretty rapidly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us
- jbarham 7y ago
  And the Korean DMZ: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/13/wildlife-thriving-korean-demilitarised-zone https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/13/wildlife...

bamboozled 7y ago

Also there is nothing stopping developed nations from protecting what they have already and actually regenerating forests. I guess most people in Western Democracies are more worried about what everyone else is doing while our own politician ruin everything.

kortilla 7y ago
Not really. At least not in the US. Deforestation is pretty heavily controlled.