Land use in Norway and Scotland

Two places in SW Norway near Stavanger. In the early 20th century the region was almost completely deforested and had been since the Bronze Age. It is now well wooded, mainly due to natural regeneration. Climate and geology are closely similar to the NW Scottish Highlands. The ‘X’ in the 2015 Oslibakken photograph indicates the point of shot of the 1911 photograph.

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