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Next: Look at how much of Eastern European forests was clear-cut in the past 5 years due to "battling insects"... Satellite imagery is showing Brazil-like defor
by treprinum 3y ago
Next: Look at how much of Eastern European forests was clear-cut in the past 5 years due to "battling insects"... Satellite imagery is showing Brazil-like deforestation.
- zdragnar 3y agoNo need for the sarcastic scare quotes. The trees were dead or dying and a fire hazard. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centraleurope-environment-barkbeetle/climate-change-to-blame-as-bark-beetles-ravage-central-europes-forests-idUSKCN1S21LA/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centraleurope-environment... The studies I saw didn't agree with the climate change angle, but bark beetles of various species are absolutely brutal to trees. What's more, depending on the species, the wood is useless for anything but biomass. The larvae can and will burrow tunnels deep into the trunk which makes the wood unappealing for most uses... So it's not like it is a convenient excuse for loggers to go in and clear cut.