Talk:Västerbotten County
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Hobbitschuster in topic Only true wilderness
Only true wilderness
[edit]See says "the only remaining area of true wilderness in Europe" is found here. Is this true? Is Southern Lapland truer wilderness than northern Lapland (Laponia is said to be the largest wilderness area, but seemingly not not true wilderness).
The statement can very well be true, but I'd like a definition of "true wilderness".
--LPfi (talk) 19:06, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Most of Sweden's surface has some traces of human activity; be it forestry, farming or reindeer herding. Truly untouched nature makes up less than 1% of the country. Not sure about exact definitions and terminology, though. /Yvwv (talk) 19:10, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Yes. I now noticed that this was earlier titled Lapland, which includes Laponia. I still wonder whether Swedish Lapland has any significantly truer wilderness than Finnish Lapland, Norway (e.g. Hardangervidda) or the western slopes of Ural. --LPfi (talk) 19:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- (I removed the claim. It can be reinserted if we find out what it was about. --LPfi (talk) 19:18, 10 August 2017 (UTC))
- Well it all depends on definitions, but here it may well have been hyperbole or tourism-brochure speak. Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2017 (UTC)