Originally posted by AThousandYoungA quick look in Google Earth and you will find that the terrain changes visible exactly following the border line.
The Haitian side is in the rain shadow of the mountains. I hope you're not implying there is some racial or political reason for what you saw.
However I have seen this in many other parts of the world and it often has a lot to do with population and economy.
I believe that scotland is a fine example of deforestation by man but the scottish are more interested in planting trees in the amazon.
Originally posted by twhiteheaddo they have lots of goats or sheep in scotland?
A quick look in Google Earth and you will find that the terrain changes visible exactly following the border line.
However I have seen this in many other parts of the world and it often has a lot to do with population and economy.
I believe that scotland is a fine example of deforestation by man but the scottish are more interested in planting trees in the amazon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation
"Theories of deforestation
Three schools of thought exist with regards to the causes of deforestation - the Impoverishment school, which believes that the major cause of deforestation is "the growing number of poor", the Neoclassical school which believes that the major cause is "open-access property rights" and the Political-ecology school which believes that the major cause of deforestation is that the "capitalist investors crowd out peasants". The Impoverishment school sees smallholders as the principal agents of deforestation, the Neoclassical school sees various agents, and the Political-ecology school sees capitalist entrepreneurs as the major agents of deforestation. Actual data support the first two theories as widespread numerical impacts.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotDoesn't mention the good work that the Japanese shoguns did avoiding the deforestation of Japan around the end of the 17th century and through the 18th.
the above includes a nice discussion of pre-industrial/historical deforestation (nice except that it focuses mostly on Europe).
Originally posted by zeeblebotwell, i used to think (or heard that) the Sahara was desertified by goat culture, but the wikipedia entry for the Sahara indicates not (it was weather patterns).
do they have lots of goats or sheep in scotland?
applies to Asia Minor, though, i think (wikipedia: desertification).