On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM, John Smith<[email protected]> wrote: > > --- On Mon, 20/7/09, David Earl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Indeed, in most >> developed countries, I would suggest that it is very rare >> for trees to >> be naturally occurring or not managed in some way. > > I've no idea about most developed countries, but I'm confident that not all > of Australia has been logged or managed, and I wouldn't be surprised if some > parts of Canada haven't been logged or managed either.
In the USA there are large areas where activities like logging are prohibited at the federal level: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Wilderness_Areas Many states provide similar protections to areas as well. Although logging may be prohibited currently there may have been logging activity before the area was designated as a wilderness area. -- Jeff Ollie _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
