"In the early industrial revolution, European forests were being progressively logged out...More or less, England ran out of forests first" Forest cover (the a

"In the early industrial revolution, European forests were being progressively logged out...More or less, England ran out of forests first" Forest cover (the amount of forest covering the land) has always been small in the UK for the past few hundred years. The Industrial Revolution was not the cause of the small forest cover in the UK. An estimate from the Forest Commission (a UK government department) is that forest cover in England in the 1100s was only about 15%. After World War I, it dipped to its lowest point - 5%. It's currently about 17% in England (similar in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). If you are interested in the reasons why, it's discussed in this BBC Radio programme: More or Less: Behind the Stats: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09x66st https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09x66st The stats I've listed above are taken from the programme. The discussion starts approximately at the 24-minute mark.