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Italian Forests Reclaim the Landscape, Outgrowing Agricultural Land for the First Time in Centuries
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In a historic environmental milestone, Italy's woodland cover has expanded to surpass its agricultural land for the first time since the Middle Ages. Forests now stretch across 60,000 square miles of the Italian Peninsula as nature gradually reclaims former cultivated areas, particularly in mountainous regions.
In a historic environmental milestone, Italy’s woodland cover has expanded to surpass its agricultural land for the first time since the Middle Ages. Forests now stretch across 60,000 square miles of the Italian Peninsula as nature gradually reclaims former cultivated areas, particularly in mountainous regions.