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Re: Environmental Call to Arms



Patrick wrote:

> All
> European countries, and all other countries harvesting coniferous
species,
> employ some form of clearfelling (clearcutting) as the best way to
both
> harvest and regenerate most of these forest types.

This does not apply in Greece. Clearcutting is not possible, since most
forests grow on steep slopes. This is a practical neccessity, in order
to avoid soil erosion. Especially fir forests is the most classical
example of single tree selective forest in Greece.

Aristotelis


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