A Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site‚ Sinharaja Forest Reserve is certainly one of the most popular tourist attractions in Sri Lanka. If you are one who always gets attracted to greens‚ wildlife and its heritage‚ and most importantly the birds‚ Sinharaja Forest Reserve is certainly going to be your place. A virgin rainforest in Sri Lanka is an amazing land of a number of endemic species including trees‚ insects‚ amphibians‚ mammals‚ reptiles and of course the birds. In fact‚ it is the variety
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Preserve the Forests In agreement with Kim Stafford‚ who opposes the clear-cutting of old growth forests‚ I feel that it is necessary to preserve the profitable lumber in its natural state for future generations. Currently‚ the tons of lumber produced from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are taken for granted‚ and most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make loggers a profession
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CONSERVATION OF forest is certainly a necessity that requires to be addressed as a priority. For the survival of human beings‚ a holistic approach is required to be adopted as regards protection of the plant kingdom as well as the wildlife with regard to the peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence of all. To prevent any kind of ecological imbalance a very pragmatic action plan has to be formulated. Towards achieving this many legislation have been enacted in India and elsewhere. At the
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Forests are lifeline of our planet Earth‚ as they provide fresh and pure oxygen rich air and pure water for our living. A forest consists of several different types of herbs‚ shrubs‚ climbers‚ creepers and trees with branches spread out widely. Such branches are called as crown of the tree. Trees with wide branches planted in a row‚ provide a roof-like structure‚ called as canopy. These canopies prevent the sunlight and make the atmosphere dark and cool. The soil of the forest is rich in minerals
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The Lonely boy in the Forest: I believe it was mid-afternoon when mother and I decided to have a picnic lunch near the forest. The sun smiled at us with its golden radiance‚ and the scarlet poppies greeted us as me and mother set our picnic on the flower bed. “Simply lovely today‚ isn’t it Charles?” mother asked as the two of us rolled out the checkered picnic blanket and finally gave our feet some rest. “Yeah.” I replied in a tranquil yet blue voice. “Oh
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DESCRIBING A FOREST COLOUR LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 bamboo- teak-brown conker- umber-brown mahogany- brown forest forest brown forest forest brown forest nut-brown tannin-brown oak-brown beech-brown almond- forest forest forest forest brown forest 1. The bamboo-brown forest was a leafy paradise. 2. The teak-brown forest was a woody heaven. 3. The conker-brown forest was a botanic wonderland. 4. The beech-brown
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"The Thing in the Forest" by A.S. Byatt is a story of symbolism. Abandonment and the hardships and the psychologically effect on young children and their imagination prevails itself throughout the short story. Two innocent girls portray the effect of violence physically and psychologically throughout out their lives due to the hardship of a war. Abandonment is what Penny and Primrose felt when they were escorted off on a train with no idea where they were going or what their future might hold.
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Truce in the forest Title: Truce in the Forest Setting: A small cottage in the Hurtgen Forest near the German-Belgian border . Christmas Eve in 1994 towards the end of World War II in Europe. Plot: It was Christmas Eve‚ there is a knocked in the cottage of a mother and her son. They quickly blew the candle and the mother stepped on the door to open it and found two steel-helmeted men. One of the men spoke to the mother in a language they did not understand. There are three – Harry‚ Jim and
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Deciduous forest biome UNKNOWN AUTHOR March 5‚ A deciduous forest biome is a type of forest characterized by trees that seasonally shed their leaves. In the deciduous forest biome has a variety of different foods. Some foods
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A Walk in a Forest I noticed as I stood in an open field‚ that there was a path‚ seeming to go into a forest. I followed the path into the forest‚ the evergreen trees reached high into the sky and the birds chirped as they perched in them. Through the trees you could barely see the grey‚ cloudy sky and fell the little bit of water still falling from the trees. Little droplets of water dripped off the pine needles and fell to the ground. The ground under the tall evergreens‚ was sound
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