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Actually they did. About 200 years ago they realised that the UK needed trees to build warships of the future, and so a number of were planted to supply the na
by zeristor 2y ago
Actually they did.
About 200 years ago they realised that the UK needed trees to build warships of the future, and so a number of were planted to supply the navy.
It’s just that things moved on in the meantime, and metal replaced wood.
But you can see it in the countryside there being 300 year old oaks in hedgerows, but no 100, or 50 year old oaks coming up to replace them, admittedly that’s what I’ve observed around here.
An item about the Royal Navy’s voracious appetite for wood:
https://legionmagazine.com/the-royal-navys-war-on-trees/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-royal-navys-war-on-trees/
- rob74 2y agoNot only the Royal Navy! Before they started planting trees for future shipbuilding, the French also stripped their countryside of trees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Ventoux#Flora_and_fauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Ventoux#Flora_and_fauna). And Iceland also used to be forested before the Vikings came along (https://www.geographyrealm.com/icelands-long-road-to-reforestation/ https://www.geographyrealm.com/icelands-long-road-to-refores...)