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And in England there are people who fight against those who are trying to restore the forest, because the island has clearly always been rolling hills of soft pasture.

edit: for the inevitable "i dont get it" https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/11/15/what-counts-as-na... https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/younger-generation-...

There's a reason Man vs Nature is a fundamental literary conflict even if we've long since pacified and destroyed the land around us.



> England there are people who fight against those who are trying to restore the forest, because the island

England isn’t an island, it shares land borders with Scotland and Wales.


Really? That's... strange. How often is that sentiment? Is it because of some economic factor I'm not seeing?


A lot of highlands in the UK support large grouse shooting estates and / or sheep farming. They are wildlife deserts unless you are the sort of wildlife that supports a vested-interests business.




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