Forest Engineering Articles & Analysis
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‘Forests are at the heart of our European natural heritage; they are a part of who we are. ...
Over the centuries, the combined pressures of war and agriculture led to intensive deforestation of the original forests. By 1472, populations downstream noted the negative effect that deforestation had on the quality of their water supply, but the situation continued to get worse, and by 1751, the slopes were described as a 'degraded mountain'. In 1928, the ...