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You probably can't restore a truly "uninterrupted" forest in Europe, as you said people live in most places now and there isn't much you can do about it. Havin
by gambiting 5y ago
You probably can't restore a truly "uninterrupted" forest in Europe, as you said people live in most places now and there isn't much you can do about it.
Having said that - Europe's forest coverage is increasing rapidly[0], and growing every year[1].
For another example, UK's forests are already up to "medieval" levels, and growing[2].
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/12/04/watch-how-europe-is-greener-now-than-100-years-ago/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/12/04...
[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environment/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environ...
[2] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woodland-back-to-medieval-levels-j097fqtkw https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woodland-back-to-medieval...
- jhgb 5y ago> UK's forests are already up to "medieval" levels That is not a very high standard; as far as I recall, Britain has been a cultured landscape at the very least since the Iron Age. (Related to that is the fact that medieval population of Britain has also been roughly at Iron Age levels, or vice versa. There were apparently around four million people in Iron Age Britain.)
- Bobylonian 5y ago>>>Europe's forest coverage is increasing rapidly[0], and growing every year[1]. bushes Statistics include under "forests" also bushes and young trees. There is also issue with understanding of what forest mean - forests are not trees, but includes soil, that is built up by trees over millenia and animals - without them forest is just a plantation - animals need older trees to use them for their habitat or for gathering food. Single species of trees, that are planted in inpenetrable rows are devoid of life of what natural forests have.