Forest loss in Estonia from 2001–2018
‘In the 1990s, a lot was cut in private forests. During the Soviet era, Estonian forest cover grew, it was cut down a little, because the local forest guards managed to tell the central government that the forest is not growing much at all in Estonia. Instead, we got bigger land improvement projects than any other in the USSR, so that this forest would start growing one day.‘noppenjuhh
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
‘Out of Nordics, Sweden has the largest lake (Vänern; 5545km²) and Finland the second-largest (Saimaa, 4400km²). These are the largest and second-largest lakes in Europe (excluding Russia’s Ladoga; 18130km² and Onega 9700km²). Finland used to have half Ladoga before WW2. The Caspian Sea (371000km²) is in Asia and is the largest lake in the world … This guy lakes’
Forest biomass in Estonia (2010)
“I met a woman from Estonia this summer, she was surprised I knew where Estonia was. Americans typically don’t know where things are she said”–roadtrip-ne
“A pie chart indicating the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by ethnic group, that accompanied the report of SS-Brigadier General Stahlecker to the Reich Security Main Office, Berlin”–onikishov
