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Some context for Europe. >Forest area has increased by 9% since 1990, although the rate of expansion is slowing down https://foresteurope.org/state-of-europes
by josu 3y ago
Some context for Europe.
>Forest area has increased by 9% since 1990, although the rate of expansion is slowing down
https://foresteurope.org/state-of-europes-forests/ https://foresteurope.org/state-of-europes-forests/
- lm28469 3y agoDestroying century old forests to replant rows of fast growing trees boost that percentage but absolutely decimates the ecosystem. But let's keep looking at numbers and clap
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoThe question of total forest area and amount of "old-growth" forest are very different. The second is impossible to recreate on the scale of a human lifetime, or even many generations.
- tarsinge 3y agoA tree plantation close cut every 30 years, usually with huge phyto treatments in between to kill everything, is not remotely the same thing as an old growth forest.