Instructions First‚ take a walk through a forest‚ think about the last time you did so‚ or take a virtual nature walk or research a specific forest on the internet. Based on this experience‚ write a response that includes the following: A list of at least six different components (living and non-living) you observed in the forest ecosystem. Your opinion regarding the health of the forest. Be specific‚ describing the observations used to form this opinion about the forest. A description of your favorite recreational
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show them your shiny new oak floor. Of course‚ oak does take an exceptionally long time to re-grow‚ but you can still get natural oak floors without worrying that you are damaging the eco-system. Reclaimed wood Most oak forests in the UK and Europe have been depleted and new oak forests won’t be available for commercial use for another hundred years. This means that most oak available is reclaimed‚ that is wood recycled from another source. Any reclaimed wood that you buy has been previously used for
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→IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS •Forests play a role indispensable for life on earth by absorbing carbon dioxide and fixing carbon while releasing oxygen into air through Photosynthesis‚ particularly‚ tropical forests absorb almost 2-3 times as much carbon dioxide as temperate forests and have thus been called ‘the lungs of our planet’ •Conservation of water resources •Prevention of disasters •Supplying forest products •Sheltering Rich Ecosystems Wholesome influence of forest on environment:
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The Great Bear Rain Forest consists of 64‚ 000 square kilometres of pure nature‚ in the coast of British Columbia. It is one of the rarest forest ecosystems on the plants‚ where trees grow to be over 1000 years old and partakes in being a home to a healthy population of grizzly bears and black bears rare white “Spirit” bears and wild salmon. In the Great Bear Rainforest the towering trees‚ fjords‚ islands‚ mountain slopes and estuaries support a rich diversity of plants and wildlife. Bears‚ wolves
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INTRODUCTION Echo systems around the world help sustain life for millions of species. Echo systems that are mainly forests provide a home for a large majority of the species alive. Therefore the trees in these forests are considered to be the most important species. Although it is true‚ that most species are not able to sustain without each other. There are many benefits that we get from our forests. Some of these include cleaner drinking water‚ a home for plants and animals‚ economic growth‚ clean air‚
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1.) The concept of this movies it to tell the viewer of what is happening in the national forest. Particular in California National Forest. Nestling a bottling water company is drawing water from the national forest for profit. They are taking tons of water from the plants and animals that live in the forest. During the drought plants and animals don’t have the natural resources they need to survive. 2.) In the movie it stated that‚ they are taking tons of water from the rainforest. CBS News reported
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Ecological Restoration of Forests and Fires One of the most predominate ecosystems is the forest community. Covering about one-fourth of the land area on Earth‚ forests consist mainly of trees and other woody vegetation‚ growing closely together. The trees can be large and densely packed‚ as they are in the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest‚ or they can be relatively small and sparsely scattered‚ as they are in the dry tropical forests of sub-Saharan Africa. Forests are complex ecosystems
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[pic] [pic] Introduction Forests are a very important source of natural resources like wood‚ bamboo‚ thatching material etc. It also has a great influence on the environment like climate‚ water availability‚ soil erosion‚ flood and nutrient turnover. It is also the last portion of the world’s fauna and flora. Wood which is the main forest produce has been used from the very early days of human civilization. Even though substitute has been
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The deciduous forest can be found all over the globe. It is found primarily in eastern North America‚ middle Europe‚ southwest Russia‚ Japan‚ and China but smaller scale deciduous forests can also be found in southeastern Australia‚ southern South America‚ and New Zealand. We will be discussing North American deciduous forests found in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. The deciduous forest plays an important and diverse role in the United States. The deciduous forest is found in the eastern
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Summerise the history of Forest School Locally and in the UK ‘Forest School in the UK may seem a fairly new movement. In reality it is based on a rich heritage of outdoor learning going back at least to the 19th century. Philosophers‚ naturalists and educators in Europe and the UK such as Wordsworth‚ Ruskin‚ Baden Powell‚ Leslie Paul (who founded the Woodcraft Folk in 1925)‚ Kurt Hahn (who founded Gordon stone and was the inspiration for our first outdoor education centers)‚ Susan Isaacs and
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