The story of the seaweed roof house, that being a witness of greedy from residents in Laeso island

News24xx.com -   Forests always provide many things for human needs. In addition, forests are also able to prevent the occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, landslides and erosion.

But do you know, in Denmark there is an island that almost drowned because the forest on the island was disappeared.

In 1150 to 1652, the island of Laesoe in Denmark is famous for the highly developed of salt industry. And the salt that produced from this island also has excellent quality. In fact, the groundwater on Laesoe Island also contains more than 15 percent salt.

This is makes, the entire population on the island of Laesoe being livelihood to be a salt farmer. The residents make hundreds of stoves for to purify the salt. However, for that matter, they used forest woods as its fuel.

The continuous used of woods for large quantities makes woods in the forest has been depleted. Without woods to heat the stoves, the salt industry on Laesoe Island collapsed.

Without trees, made the villages on Laeso Island was buried in sandstorms that damaging their homes. The air becomes filled with sea salt and it inhibits the growth of various types of trees, even grass.

Fortunately, on Laesoe Island has eelgrass (a kind of seaweed). They also still have plenty of buoyant wood that is sturdy when used as the foundation. Then, many houses that made of eelgrass as roof and driftwood.

Apparently this material is very good to be made into a house. Because not only waterproof, the roof of Laesoe residents are also fire resistant and very strong, so it can be trodden.

According to Amusing Planet, it takes about 300 kilograms of seaweed only for one square meter of rooftop houses on Laesoe Island.

But in the 1920s, the fungal diseases swept many eelgrass and the production of rooftops declined.

 

 

 

 

 

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