Many schools were closed in the Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds.

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Odzala is characterized by a rich variety of habitats, including primary rain forest with a closed canopy (e.g. with Entandrophragma utile, E. candollei and E. cylindricum) and open understorey layer, forests dominated by dense formations of Marantaceae, forest clearings and savannas on the hilltops (e.g. with Hymenocardia acida, Annona arenaria or Hyparrhenia diplandra).

UNESCO: Biosphere Reserve Information

Forest River, our second acquisition, closed on August 31.

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The parks are closed, a lot of the enforcement people, the forest guards and things, either go back to their villages--they're not supposed to, but, you know, there's nobody doing enforcement, there's nobody doing anti-poaching.

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Less than a week later in November 2008, the attraction closed, with its owners blaming the media and sabotage by "New Forest villains" for the decision.

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