Environmental Depletion

• BY THE 16TH CENTURY THE TIMBER CRISIS WAS SO ACUTE IN ENGLAND THAT A ROYAL COMMISSIONS ATTEMPTED TO REULATE THE CUTTING OF FORESTS.

• BY 1630, WOOD HAD BECOME 2 AND A HALF TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT HAD BEEN IN THE LATE 15TH.

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