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Rapid rise of forests changes the landscape for Italians

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  • 15-05-2014 1:22am
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    Cork boy 55
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    Rapid rise of forests changes the landscape for Italians
    Abandonment of farm land has seen forested areas boom
    Centuries after it was colonised by Vandals and Visigoths, Italy is being invaded again – this time by trees.
    A report released yesterday revealed that the widespread abandonment of farmland, particularly in mountainous areas in the south of the country, has led re-afforestation on a massive scale.
    Italy now has more forest and woodland than it has had in modern times – 35 per cent of the country is covered in trees. There are now 27 million acres – about 42,000 square miles – of forested land, more than double the area at the end of the Second World War, according to the National Inventory of Forests.


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