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by jahewson 1478 days ago
Once upon a time everything was forest land. The line seems a bit arbitrary.
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While the many types of forests (deciduous, coniferous, rain, etc) dominate a lot of land on earth, there is still many types of plains, chaparral/savannah, deserts, mountain, tundras, etc.
There is more forest in North Dakota today than there was when Columbus landed.
0 forest certainly seems bad.