It's been forever since I read those Lessing books...
I was going to say Numenor, but tbh they were pretty short-sighted given their longevity. Like, cutting down all the forests in Numenor, then in Eriador. The irl British were were better at that, planting oaks for shipbuilding a couple of centuries down the line.
The elves do have long lives and are not short-sighted, though. : )
Re: planting oaks, Sweden too! I remember actually some forester recently sent a message to the Navy, saying, "your oaks are now ready!". I guess it was partly a publicity thing, but also literally true that it was a commission from hundreds of years ago.
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It's been forever since I read those Lessing books...
I was going to say Numenor, but tbh they were pretty short-sighted given their longevity. Like, cutting down all the forests in Numenor, then in Eriador. The irl British were were better at that, planting oaks for shipbuilding a couple of centuries down the line.
The elves do have long lives and are not short-sighted, though. : )
Re: planting oaks, Sweden too! I remember actually some forester recently sent a message to the Navy, saying, "your oaks are now ready!". I guess it was partly a publicity thing, but also literally true that it was a commission from hundreds of years ago.