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> There is very little logging industry I wonder why :P When I was in Iceland, they told me the reason they don't have forests anymore is that the vikings and
by lucb1e 4y ago
> There is very little logging industry
I wonder why :P
When I was in Iceland, they told me the reason they don't have forests anymore is that the vikings and other later settlers logged it. (Of course, a random horse tour person isn't the best source so I could very well be misinformed.)
- yownie 4y agoyou were correctly informed, it was a combination of early settlers logging heavily plus long forest regrow times due to sparse sunlight plus sheep overgrazing saplings.