Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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The Forest In literature‚ a symbol is an object that has the potential to represent something that is not manifested in the reading. Readers may comprehend something differently about what they are reading than what the symbols are actually revealing in the book. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is significantly symbolic. In this book‚ the forest is a substantial symbol due to the fact that there are many different viewpoints of what the wilderness represents throughout the story
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It has been said that in literature a forest is a place where you can both lose and find yourself. Explore the use of the forest theme in fantasy literature and discuss its relationship to the forest of folk and fairy tales. * Word count: 2700 words excluding quotes The forests of legends‚ myths‚ fantasy and fairy tales have become laden with cultural and psychological symbolism: The ancient trees in dark‚ uncharted places symbolise the refuge of magic and mystery beyond man’s dominion. They
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Importance of Symbols in “The Thing in the Forest” In many fairytales‚ we are given characters who set out on an adventure to better themselves whether they know that they are on one or not. In A.S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest” we are taken on such an adventure‚ but this is more than just a children’s fairytale. Through figurative language we are shown that the main characters‚ Penny and Primrose‚ are dealing with more than just a creature in the forest‚ and that with this use of symbols as
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Community Participation in Forest Management Background Forest has been defined as "An area with a high density of trees. These plant communities cover large areas of the globe and function as carbon dioxide sinks‚ animal habitats‚ hydrologic flow modulators‚ and soil conservers‚ constituting one of the most important aspects of our biosphere ". Forests are the storehouse of natural resources‚ without which the very sustenance of human population would be under threat. Yet forests have been the first
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Sea Otters in the Kelp Forest The kelp forest is among the most biologically productive marine habitat known to Earth today. They are like underwater forest made out of giant kelp‚ and sustaining hundreds of different organisms such as; kelp‚ abalone‚ crustaceans‚ urchins‚ harbor seals‚ and also sea otters. Kelp forests are important to today’s oceans‚ and they depend on the organisms that live within them‚ especially the sea otter. A keystone species is a species whose presence contributes
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sprinted away. I didn’t fall‚ but then again‚ I never did. This wasn’t supposed to happen. It had been such a great plan‚ if I do say so myself. I would arrive at the dance at around 8:45‚ when it had just barely started. The love of my life‚ Steve Flower‚ would be there‚ and so would that penniless‚ poor excuse of a young woman‚ Allie Williams. She was ugly and unpopular‚ hardly wore makeup‚ and wore clothes that were so unfathomably disgusting that‚ if I tried to describe them‚ my tongue would shrivel
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the forest means different things to different people. To the honorable and respectable members of Puritan ‚ the forest is an evil and frightening place where witches lurk and the devil resides. To Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ two people unable to speak their minds in Puritan community‚ the forest offers a place of refuge where they can be true with each other. To Pearl‚ the forest . The symbolism of the forest setting’s inherently good and bad natures
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The forest is a very important aspect of this novel. In The Scarlet Letter‚ there is a lot of secrecy and lying. The theme of this book is to be true‚ so it is obvious that there is a lot of lies being told. The forest gives shelter and secrecy to those who need it. In the town‚ there are so many rules‚ and if you do something wrong‚ someone is bound to see it. The forest offers Dimmesdale and Hester secrecy that they need when they have to talk to each other. While they are in the town‚ they are
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I prefer movies designed primarily to amuse and entertain. The amusing and entertaining movies can make people laugh‚ while the serious ones can make people think. In my opinion‚ I believe that we can get more benefits from entertaining movies. Children are always fascinated by funny movies‚ such as cartoon but I think the people who truly should watch entertaining movies are adults. They help us get a lot of fun and always have power to cheer us up. This world we live in is filled with lots of troubles
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