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In Lula's first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34%, reversing trend under Bolsonaro (apnews.com)

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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

During the late 19th and 20th centuries a huge amount of artificial reforestation was implemented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_forest_in_Central_Europe

https://ourworldindata.org/afforestation
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/forest-strategy_en
http://coffeespoons.me/2014/12/the-reforestation-of-europe/