A forest is a large area of land covered with trees or other woody vegetation. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function. According to the widely used United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization definition, forests covered an area of four billion hectares (15 million square miles) or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area in 2006.
Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass.
Forests at different latitudes form distinctly different ecozones: boreal forests near the poles tend to consist of evergreens, while tropical forests near the equator tend to be distinct from the temperate forests at mid-latitude. The amount of precipitation and the elevation of the forest also affects forest composition.
Forest is the seventeenth album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle, first released on CD in 2004 by Ektro Records. It was re-issued the following year by No Quarter Records. It was recorded in May 2004, and is the first Circle album to feature mainly acoustic instruments. It continues the band's krautrock-influenced interest in repetition, but bears little resemblance to the Judas Priest-meets-Neu! sound of earlier albums.
These multifaceted programs enhance sustainable productivity to improve local livelihoods while protecting primary forests, restoring degraded lands to preserve essential ecosystems, and reducing emissions from land use.
MEXICOCITY (Reuters) - Twelve people died and another four were injured in northern Mexico on Sunday after a van crashed into a ravine and caught fire, sparking a blaze in the surrounding forest, state authorities said ....
Officials with the U.S.ForestService and other agencies continued to fight a wildfire along Brush Mountain that had nearly doubled in size between 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release issued Sunday ... .
Twelve people died and another four were injured in northern Mexico after a van crashed into a ravine and caught fire, sparking a blaze in the surrounding forest, state authorities said ... .
A Senate bill to change Iowa’s ForestReserve program — used most locally and elsewhere in northeast Iowa — could encourage people to log their forested properties prematurely, since they would lose their economic incentives ... .
Forestry Corporation is planning a hazard reduction burn in BodallaStateForest this week after completing a successful hazard reduction in Bermagui State Forest last week ... forest offices and staff.