Belgium

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5820
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Type:	Book Chapter
Author:	Veron, Philippe; Federspiel, Michèle; Shepherd, Gill
Book Title:	The EU Tropical Forestry Sourcebook
Publisher:	Overseas Development Institute
Location:	London
Page(s):	131-146
Date:	1998
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5820
Sector:	Forestry
Region:	Europe
Subject(s):	forest policy foreign aid NGOs project implementation forestry--tropics
Abstract:	"Two thousand years ago, most of Belgium was covered by natural forest. The main formations were the oak and birch woods which covered la Campine, the Atlantic oak forests of Central Belgium, and the hornbeam, oak and beech forests of Upper Belgium. First the Gauls cleared patches of forest to practise cultivation and animal husbandry, then the Romans built roads through the forests and made it more accessible."

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