In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article
,
Billy wrote:

I thought that the forests of north Africa met the same fate as the
forests of Britain (cut to make ships), however I don't seem to find a
supporting cite for that opinion.

I was told that much wood was cut to make charcoal. The charcoal was
then used in smelting iron. When I was about five I once saw a pile of
wood smoldering just north of Philadelphia. It was 50 yards high by
about 300 round.

http://www.historyofredding.com/HRforest.htm

Charcoal seems to be the current reason for loss of forest in northern
Africa now, as well as in Haiti.
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merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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