Sentences with phrase «very old forest»

One more unique feature of this beach is that occasionally in the winter when bigger waves scour sand off the beach, a very old forest emerges from the sand, perhaps an indicator of the location of the shoreline hundreds of years ago.

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I was recently in Oregon where feelings are running very high about restrictions on logging for the sake of preserving old - growth forests.

Forest stands comprised of older, larger trees tended not to be very susceptible, while young trees are known not to be susceptible and were not sampled.

I am also confident that these species are very rare and may be dependent on old - growth forests or small water bodies such as springs and wetlands.»

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

I am 68 years old and I live on a hilltop surrounded by forest alone, I am looking for a Filipina girl who likes to live in those conditions in nature without neighbors and people around, and you must be very honest and loyal.

And, while the big bear that roams the forest, Mor» du, may be a little too much to handle for the very small, there is enough humour during times of peril to distract those a little older.

Being old - school, the brothers dragged what was left of the carcass back into the woods, returning it to the forest, returning the skeleton to the very place where the elk had been bedded down when Jyl had first crept up on it — as if she had only borrowed it from the forest for a while — and then they drove back down to their ranch house and hung the ham and shoulder quarters on meat hooks to age in the barn, and draped the backstraps likewise from hooks, where they would leave them for at least a week.

Although the Norwegian Forest Cat is a relatively new breed in the United States, it is a very old breed in Norway, featured in folk tales and mythology for centuries.

Although the Norwegian Forest Cat (NFC) is a relatively new breed in Australia, it is a very old breed in Scandinavia, fashioned by nature, in the forests of Norway.

About 500 population monkeys in this forest, inside of the forest there is very old temple (Alas Kedaton Temple), big fruit bats hanging in high tree during the day time and will go to outside for feed in the night time.

With lush tropical forests, palm fringed beaches, crystal clear water and old world charm, the island also enjoys a very well established tourist infrastructure.

About 500 population monkeys in this forest, inside of the forest there is very old temple called Pura Bukit Sari (Alas Kedaton Temple), big fruit bats hanging in high tree during the day time and will go to outside for feed in the night time.

Set among forests on the very edge of the Masai Mara, the intimate & Beyond Bateleur Camp reflects the ambiance of Kenyan explorers of old.

Thanks to William Kent's preservation efforts, Muir Woods was spared this fate and remains as a very accessible yet prime example of an old - growth forest.

The staff are very welcoming and treat you like house guests, centuries - old antiques and contemporary furnishings adorn public spaces and the 31 individual guest pavilions and five villas are strategically tucked in the forest, ensuring plenty of privacy and space.

The old logging tracks through the National Park provide a chance to travel through some very special, secluded forest areas, home to black wallabies, coloured parrots, kookaburras and many more forest inhabitants.

The old logging tracks through the Cape Otway National Park, provide a chance to travel through some very special, secluded forest areas, which are home to black wallabies, coloured parrots, kookaburras and many more forest inhabitants.

The old logging tracks through the National Park provide a chance to travel through some very special, secluded forest areas, which are home to black wallabies, coloured parrots, kookaburras and many more forest inhabitants.

Also I seem to remember that old forests adapt better to extreme events than young forests; young forests (especially during the first ten years of life) tend to seqester very little carbon during drougts, floods and so on.

A more sound approach would recognize that (1) converting old forest to young forests releases significant amounts of carbon (both above and below ground), (2) young forests are only good carbon sinks if they are allowed to grow and hold onto the carbon for centuries, yet there are too few economic incentives for doing so, and (2) the fraction of carbon that is put into long - term storage after logging is very small, i.e. old forests are better at storing carbon than our disposable culture.

«Even if old growth forests are not mitigating carbon emissions, regrowing forests and restored forests will nonetheless be very effective in increasing carbon sequestration in tropical regions.»

A very interesting paper of Rossi et al. in Forest Ecology and Management might be relevant to the point about different physiology of younger and older trees:

Now come on... You know very well that there are no «old - growth forests» in the East, but there certainly are old - growth trees.

I think the Court's exercise in statutory interpretation of the Forest Act, an Act that has been amended many times but that has very old origins in British Columbia, involved the use of a legal fiction.)