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by mrighele 778 days ago
In Italy the amount of forest increased by about 75% in the past 80 years.

This is mostly due to the fact after WW2 lot of people stopped farming in the hills and mountains, and moved to urban areas. There are plenty of ghost towns in the Italian mountains.

[1] (link in Italian) https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/in-italia-mai-cosi-tante-for...