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by aregue 1131 days ago
Exactly. Los Monegros was until 1766 Europes largest oak (encina) forest. It had been a communal forest. The forest was privatized and cut to cultivate cereal.
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Does Spain have any reforestation efforts planned for areas experiencing anthropogenic desertification?
Without the will to jail arsonists first is a waste of money.
Huh, it makes me wonder how the Black Forest in Germany was preserved.
It mostly wasn’t. What you see now is a tiny remnant.