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Japan being 68% forest is an astounding stat.
by pjc50 6mo ago
Japan being 68% forest is an astounding stat.
- vkou 6mo ago75% of it is mountains, and not exactly inhabited.
- Schlagbohrer 5mo agoThe nation has also had declining population (hence deflationary housing) for years
- Markoff 5mo agoStill behind Finland (73.7%) and Sweden (68.7%) though and Laos (71.6%) as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_ar...
- Y-bar 5mo agoI don’t consider that a good Wikipedia article because it does a bad job distinguishing between natural forests and mono-/bicultural plantations of which there are vast areas of here. It’s quite like calling wheat fields ”grasslands”. Both fundamentally lack biodiversity.
- sandworm101 5mo agoNot really for a mountain island. Being near the coast means increased moisture and wind, which hits mountains to make rain. Take a japanese-sized slice off the coast of most countries and you will find lots of forrest. Think the pacific northwest, or the bits of hawaii not covered in lava. Then compare parts of the australian coast with no mountains.
- PyWoody 5mo agoMaine is 89.46% [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_cover_by_state_and_territory_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_cover_by_state_and_terr...
- sl-1 5mo agoWould not count it as forest, but plantation, if it is heavily managed.