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Italy’s Forests Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages

June 26, 2026

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A view from a mountain town down into the Valle Ossola, Piemonte region – credit, Andrew Corbley

For the first time since the Middle Ages, Italy has more woodland than agricultural land.

Forests now stretch across 60,000 square miles of the Italian Peninsula, overly concentrated in…

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