1.1 Introduction A forest is a complex ecosystem or assemblage of ecosystems dominated by trees and other woody vegetation. The living parts of a forest include trees‚ shrubs‚ vines‚ grasses and other herbaceous plants‚ mosses‚ algae‚ fungi‚ insects‚ mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and microorganisms living on the plants and animals and in the soil and their interaction with one another and with the non-living part of the environment. The type of forest in a given area depends on many elements
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Forests A forest is an area filled with trees which provides homes for many different living things. The forests found in Trinidad and Tobago are called Tropical Seasonal Forests because they are found near the Earth’s equator and have both wet and dry seasons. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A forest is made up of different layers. The Emergent Layer is very sunny because it is at the very top and only the
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tropical forests Forest definition (canopy cover %) . 10% tree cover 25% tree cover 30% tree cover 63 43 36 Aboveground forest carbon (Mt C) 4‚356 3‚464 3‚151 Belowground forest carbon (Mt C) 1‚238 968 873 Total forest carbon (Mt C) 5‚593 4‚431 4‚024 89 104 112 Forest Area (M ha) Average Carbon Density (t C/ha) M=million‚ t=metric tons; all figures are mean carbon stock values Trends India: Breakdown of forest types‚ 2010 Primary forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) 15701
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Forests are precious national resource whim not only play significant role in national condor but help in pollution control and maintaining logical balance. These offer a number of direct indirect advantages which have been realised sin time immemorial. Direct Advantages 1. Forests provide valuable timber for dome tic and commercial use. Industries like paper‚ matt making‚ plywood‚ sports goods‚ lakh and furniture at directly based on raw materials derived from forest 2. Forests supply a
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A forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest‚ based on various criteria. These plant communities cover approximately 9.4 per cent of the Earth’s surface (or 30 per cent of total land area) and function as habitats for organisms‚ hydrologic flow modulators‚ and soil conservers‚ constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth’s biosphere. The emerging trends of deforestation‚ desertification and soil erosion are closely linked with societal
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ISP NOTES INTO THE FOREST BY JEAN HEGLAND Setting- * Into the Forest is based in a world around this time. Electricity is non-existent‚ Civilization has vanished and the world is in a commotion. * Based on two sisters who live in a post-apocalyptic world. * This story takes place in California‚ near San Francisco in a town called Redwood and that isn ’t exactly an isolated part of the world. * Eva and Nell stay at their house which is in a forest. They have to go to the town which
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As You Like It Forest Vs Court The forest is presented in a more favourable light in that the “goodies”‚ Duke Senior and his court‚ reside there. All of the good characters in the court are banished or exiled to the forest at the start of the play. Duke Senior describes the court as “painted pomp…the envious court”. He goes on to say that in the forest the dangers are real but natural and are preferable to those in the court “The …churlish chiding of the winter’s wind… even till I shrink with
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The Forest Once there was a small‚ undiscovered island deep inside the Pacific Ocean. A small community lived upon the beach coastline of the island. Family villages divided the community. No one in the community would dare enter the deep forest that covered the center of the island. It was rumored that the forest was home to vicious savages who ate anyone who was uninvited. Isaac was the younger brother of Martin. Their parents passed a few years after Isaac was born. Isaac‚ being six years younger
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The Forest - Creative Writing Essay For English - The Forest There’s a forest bordering the town that I live in. The adults refuse to go near it or talk of what lies within. From the time we consciously understand our parents teach us not to step foot in there because the “Unmentionable Monsters” will get you. Of course as kids with wild imaginations we made our own predictions about what it could be. The Boogie Man‚ Dracula‚ werewolves‚ ghosts‚ and all sorts of other ghouls came to mind. These
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As you go deeper into the never-ending forest the outside world closes. Not a house‚ a car or a person in sight‚ all alone in an enchanted forest. The trees stand together yet are still completely alone. They are like shadows‚ haunting one another. I looked up at the glistening‚ starry leaves‚ gleaming like raindrops. The sounds of the rattling of tiny plants‚ grass‚ and swirling leaves on the ground was almost completely silent‚ only the wind that made the whistling sounds among the bare trees was
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