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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 7065988" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environment/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Quote...</p><p>Large areas of the continent have seen a forest boom that means today more than two-fifths of Europe is tree-covered. Between 1990 and 2015, the area covered by forests and woodlands increased by 90,000 square kilometres - an area roughly the size of Portugal.</p><p>Back to nature</p><p></p><p>Forests cover almost a third of France, due in part to increased protection and a decline in farming. Over the last century, trees flourished as residents left the countryside for life in the city, and intensive agriculture meant less land was needed for farming.</p><p></p><p>Although the re-wilding process has slowed, the area of land covered by trees continues to expand. France is fourth most forested country in Europe, after Sweden, Finland and Spain.</p><p></p><p>Sweden has strong protections against deforestation and trees cover around 70% of the surface area, similar to Finland, but not all of the forests are natural. Many of Europe’s forests are managed to produce wood to make paper, or timber for construction, or as fuel. As trees in those forests are felled, more are planted, and European plantations expand by an area the size of 1,500 soccer pitches every day.</p><p>END QUOTE</p><p></p><p>f**k Brazil! None of the environmental bulls**t is a direct issue for us in UK agriculture other than as a political weapon used against us. I can't wait to get out of farming before it is too late. Let them import it all as far as I'm concerned and then I can enjoy watching bunnies and badgers in the scrub that used to be my food producing farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 7065988, member: 718"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environment/[/URL] Quote... Large areas of the continent have seen a forest boom that means today more than two-fifths of Europe is tree-covered. Between 1990 and 2015, the area covered by forests and woodlands increased by 90,000 square kilometres - an area roughly the size of Portugal. Back to nature Forests cover almost a third of France, due in part to increased protection and a decline in farming. Over the last century, trees flourished as residents left the countryside for life in the city, and intensive agriculture meant less land was needed for farming. Although the re-wilding process has slowed, the area of land covered by trees continues to expand. France is fourth most forested country in Europe, after Sweden, Finland and Spain. Sweden has strong protections against deforestation and trees cover around 70% of the surface area, similar to Finland, but not all of the forests are natural. Many of Europe’s forests are managed to produce wood to make paper, or timber for construction, or as fuel. As trees in those forests are felled, more are planted, and European plantations expand by an area the size of 1,500 soccer pitches every day. END QUOTE f**k Brazil! None of the environmental bulls**t is a direct issue for us in UK agriculture other than as a political weapon used against us. I can't wait to get out of farming before it is too late. Let them import it all as far as I'm concerned and then I can enjoy watching bunnies and badgers in the scrub that used to be my food producing farm. [/QUOTE]
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