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[-] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Europe by in large deforested itself into leaving stone as the only affordable solution left and only then switched off timber framed homes.

The UK does import timber, though I imagine that greater distance adds cost.

https://www.eastcoastfencing.com/news/where-does-most-timber-in-the-uk-come-from

Says that Sweden is currently the largest single source.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Correct, they import timber now.

I'm surprised there's not more academic papers about the effect of shipbuilding on global forests. Farming is probably a bigger factor but shipbuilding is responsible for a weirdly huge amount of old growth.

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