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Encyclopedia > List of forests

The List of forests is a link page for any forest or woodland anywhere in the world. A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest (a. ... Biologically, a woodland is differentiated from a forest. ...


See: Woodland Trust The woodland trust logo The Woodland Trust, founded in Devon in 1972, and now based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage. ...


Australia

Brazil This is a list of links to state forests in Australia. ...

Belgium and Luxembourg A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ... This is a list of National Forests in Brazil. ...

Republic of Ireland The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région). ...

  • Forests of the Republic of Ireland

Sweden

United Kingdom A list of Swedish forests: Kolmården Tiveden Tylöskog these are the forests of Sweden! Categories: Forests of Sweden ...

National Forests and state forests in the United States: Forests in the United Kingdom is a link page for any forest in the United Kingdom. ... This article is on national forests in the United States. ... A state forest is a forest that is protected by state laws, rather than by the federal government. ...

National Forests in Poland: This is a list of all the National Forests and National Grasslands in the United States. ... This is a list of links to state forests in the United States. ... This article is on national forests in the United States. ...

Russian Federation Tuchola forests Bialowieza forests Lowersilesian forests Kampinos forests Oliwa forests Notec forests Knyszyn forests Categories: Incomplete lists | Poland geography stubs | Forests of Poland ...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the The Virgin Komi Forests is a natural UNESCO World Heritage site in the Northern Ural mountains of the Komi Republic, Russia. ... The last wild wisent in the world was killed by poachers here in 1927. ...

Germany The Ituri Rainforest is located in the Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...


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Forest - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (595 words)
Forests can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth, at altitudes up to the tree-line, except where natural fire frequency is too high, or where the tree growing environment has been impaired by natural processes or humans.
Forests are differentiated from woodlands by the extent of canopy coverage: in a forest the branches and foliage of separate trees often meet or interlock, although there can be gaps of varying sizes within an area referred to as forest.
The scientific study of forests is referred to as forest ecology, while the management of forests is often referred to as forestry, often with the goal of sustainable resource extraction.
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