In my local area, a disproportionate large area of forest has been clear-felled recently, a practice we need to stop if we are to take climate change seriously as this releases much carbon dioxide. It was sickening to see just how large an area has been felled in recent years in this series of photos taken recently on a flight to Oslo. The usual excuse given is that a lot of trees have fallen in recent extreme storms and need to be “cleared” up. And what is causing these storms? A vicious circle in other words…
See my blog post about our recent field trip to discuss these problems here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=6529
I live close to the deeply indented bay near the centre of the picture. Malvikodden sticks out into the fjored “below” the bay and is now mostly treeless… a couple of other areas can be seen just inland…
Fevollbergan is / was a fascinating geologic/forest area close to where I live and a high population area…we should in particular be preserving such areas so close to where people live….I’m thinking of Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada, a remnant of old growth forest in the centre of the city….
feel so sorry for these intelligent tree communities to be clear cut – like holocaust or the worse!