"They are directly contributing to the destruction of world's remaining ancient forests, " he alleged.

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At night, make camp on beaches that border ancient forests inhabited by deer, bears and other wildlife.

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The ancient forests of pre-Columbian America would not have provided such sumptuous dining.

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The house is open to the public and the rambling grounds have a number of easy walks though ancient forests.

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Governments promised to protect forests in the Earth Summit 1992 and support sustainable logging operations in the world's remaining ancient forests.

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Much of the county lies inside the Apache and Gila National Forests, an area of ancient, spectacularly wooded mountains.

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At its best, says Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale University's Forum on Religion and Ecology, environmental theology goes deep inside the metaphysical ideas that underpin ancient faiths while also celebrating what believers actually do, from tending forests to limiting their food intake.

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West and south of Siena, and two hours north of Rome, it sweeps from a Tyrrhenian seacoast of limestone cliffs, deserted dunes, and umbrella pines that look like fantasy broccoli forests, across broad plains of olive trees and scented Mediterranean brush, and up to shadowy woodlands and ancient, fortified hill towns.

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