EPISODE · Apr 10, 2024 · 11 MIN
Ep.28 - The scourge of the forests
from Black Box - English version · host Guido Brera - Chora Media
A catastrophe is befalling the woodlands of Italy; in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It’s scientific name is Ips typographus, but it’s better known as the European Spruce Bark Beetle, because it loves to devour spruce bark trees. It’s a tiny beetle that feeds off wood, often attacking weakened or dead trees, but capable of attacking living ones as well if in large enough numbers. Nowadays, there are large patches of dark dry trees in the Alps. It’s a scourge caused by many factors: the change in natural balance, the destruction of an ecosystem, extreme weather and a devastating development model.
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A catastrophe is befalling the woodlands of Italy; in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It’s scientific name is Ips typographus, but it’s better known as the European Spruce Bark Beetle, because it loves to devour spruce bark trees. It’s a tiny beetle that feeds off wood, often attacking weakened or dead trees, but capable of attacking living ones as well if in large enough numbers. Nowadays, there are large patches of dark dry trees in the Alps. It’s a scourge caused by many factors: the change in natural balance, the destruction of an ecosystem, extreme weather and a devastating development model.
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