OscailtNaked Ireland, and how we got hereA brief history of the deforestation of Ireland and why it happened.....
It is well known that Ireland has a very low level of tree cover, among the lowest of any European country – in 2012 it had risen to almost 11% although it is still way below the European average of 30%. Of course about half of this 11% is Sitkha Spruce, which is non-native and causes acidification of the soil.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2013-07-17T13:27:03+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=103876http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifNOT unrelatedhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/103876#comment2966932013-07-17T13:27:03+00:00Mike Novack"deforested" and "populated by sheep" are NOT unrelated.
It is less the cutting..."deforested" and "populated by sheep" are NOT unrelated.<br />
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It is less the cutting down of the trees that causes the forest to disappear than allowing sheep to graze where the forest has been cut down and so prevent regeneration. Sheep eat baby trees!<br />
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Fence the sheep out of an area and plant trees there. If the land has long been open, add a trowel full of forest duff where you plant each nut or seed (necessary fungi partners may be absent form the soil where the land has long been open). <br />
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Don't waste your time discussing history to determine who was to blame. That does NOT get trees replanted. If that is all you are interested in, knowing who is to blame, feeling that absolves YOU from the work of reforesting the land you are part of the problem.