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-wi

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/habitats/ancient-woodland/ 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.