You might find this article at the World Economic Forum which includes an infographic on the “canopy cover” (percentage of space shaded by trees) of European cities interesting. I was reminded a bit of that line in the movie Crocodile Dundee. Those are cities? Oslo has about the same population as Denver; Bern has about the same population as Elgin, Illinois.
In case you’re wondering Chicago’s “canopy cover” is around 20%—that’s about the same as Seattle’s and considerably higher than New York or Los Angeles.
There’s not a lot that I love about Atlanta but our tree canopy is sublime. I think it’s measured at something like 45- 47%.
Highest of any major US city, I think.
The Germans are about to cut down 5,000 acres of old growth forest so that they can erect windmills on the site:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/02/04/green-wrecking-ball-germany-clearing-undisturbed-1000-year-old-forest-make-way-for-massive-wind-park/
That’s consistent with continued German use of compressed wood pellets for cooking and heating. In theory it’s carbon neutral; in practice it isn’t because the pellets are being made by cutting down old growth forests in North America and Brazil.
I didnt know that Germany exclusively used old growth wood to make pellets. In the US there are mixed sources with an awful lot of it coming from scrap wood. So much for the vaunted German efficiency. Anyway, new growth forests use more CO2. Individual old trees use more CO2 but for the forest as a whole the young ones consume more. If the Germans replant low growing new trees in the area it would be a win win.
Steve