Does forests spread?

[KrikkitTwo]

Perhaps Forests/Jungles could spread to tiles outside of culture (regardless of improvement status)

Then add a Tile improvement "Preserve' with Ecology... gives 1 gold, and Will get a Forest/Jungle in 30 turns of it being adjacent to a Forest/Jungle.

 

[the Wahoo boy]

Not really, when you think about the scale of a tile.

Are there really massive areas that became naturally forested during the course of human history, that weren't previously forested?

What areas do you have in mind here?

There is already "sustainable" forest growth in the sense that you can mill a forested tile forever.

Forests definitely spread if unchecked. Often the climate changes and allows this.

 

[Deckhand]

Hey, IIRC, I did have a forest grow in V.

 

[Ahriman]

Those forests have not always been where they are now, they have evolved some places and then spread to others.

Where?
Please provide examples of large areas that have become naturally forested that were not so before, during historic periods.

Humanity's history has been one of mass deforestation, not one of natural forest spread.

The only significant areas I know of that have increased forestation have been due to human intervention.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Where?
Please provide examples of large areas that have become naturally forested that were not so before, during historic periods.

Humanity's history has been one of mass deforestation, not one of natural forest spread.

The only significant areas I know of that have increased forestation have been due to human intervention.

The have not been areas of New Forestation, but there has been massive Reforestation in a lot of the Eastern US (when agriculture became less profitable there thn the Great plains, the land either became urban... small amount, or returned to Forest)

 

[Ahriman]

but there has been massive Reforestation in a lot of the Eastern US (when agriculture became less profitable there thn the Great plains, the land either became urban... small amount, or returned to Forest)

There has been significant reforestation, yes definitely. But thats not quite the same.

And much reforestation has been plantation. [And the rest is mostly natural growth in marginal lands.]

 

[Ethric]

Where?
Please provide examples of large areas that have become naturally forested that were not so before, during historic periods.

Please provide examples of large-scale autonomous spread of forest not being an important factor in the course of human history.

While you do that, I'll just say that I think forest spread is a fun feature for me in a civ game, and I think it should both be reimplemented and augmented by a plant forest-feature (costly enough to not make it worthwhile just for the chopping of course). Mainly because I hate seeing an unforested camp; the lost potential irk me

Or, if Deckhand is right, no worries.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Implementing it in non cultured tiles would be interesting, say a 1% chance each turn in tiles with no culture, that are adjacent to a Forest/Jungle?

 

[Buccaneer]

This is another thing I don't like. Forests don't spread and resources don't pop up anymore.

Why? There are already too many resources that unbalances the game (biased start).