The concept of sustainable use of biodiversity is essential in this regard: it means that forest species, ecosystems and genes are used in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biodiversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
On Friday up to 300 people are expected to start replanting in the most severely damaged area of Crowthorne Forest with species including sweet chestnuts, sequoia, Douglas firs and mountain pines.
They will record plant species, forest structure, ash cover, soil properties, river sediment and the overall topography of the burned area.
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Early next morning before the park is overrun by weekend visitors, walk another nature trail with Vakale to learn about indigenous plant such as kadamba and flame of the forest, and bird species such as golden orioles and racket-tailed drongos.
An alternative idea is that the greater diversity of amphibian species in virgin forest helps the fungus to spread.
Gabon holds about 13% of the forests of Central Africa but it is home to around 40, 000 forest elephants, a smaller species that are attractive to poachers because their ivory is tinged with pink and is very hard.
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The government says the purpose is to help protect the species given its dwindling forest habitat.
Recent forest management has also helped the species to survive.
"The female cowbird sneaks around the forest, laying her egg in other species' nests, " Stutchbury said.
"And people go gaga when they find 5 new species in the Amazon rain forest, " says Barton.
North Highland Forest Trust (NHFT) said the species was important to rare insects and a key component in healthy wild habitats.
Forest fragmentation opens the door to invasive species such as the cowbird, a type of blackbird that normally prefers open land, said Bridget Stutchbury, a biologist at York University in Toronto who studies forest songbirds.
They offer a wealth of ecosystem functions and services (freshwater, biodiversity, forest products, minerals, habitats for threatened species), and landscapes and cultures of exceptional value.
"In international debates about climate change, for example, we will know how much forest we have and what state it is in (...), we'll discover species, and gain knowledge about species becoming extinct, as well as information about the distribution of the forest and its potential economic use", Ms Teixeira said.
The hikers and climbers that make it to the most remote Cairngorm forest and plateau can expect to see even rarer species.
This small forest enclave is also home to hundreds of plant species, some of which, like the kyami tree(ph), are facing extinction in the Caribbean.
An endangered species is set to return to a Northumberland forest more than 30 years after it was wiped out.
They are just tired of being hectored by scientists proclaiming certain apocalypses that never pan out: Examples include acid rain and the death of the forest, asteroids, the population bomb, and a catastrophic extinction of species that has eluded detection.
It says more fire retardant species like oaks, aspens and alders will be placed on the forest boundaries.
It argued that the threatened species within the contested area needed large tracts of unlogged, unfragmented forest in order to survive.
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The 5 complementary posters provide a wealth of information, both in Khmer and English, on the characteristics of the flooded forest ecosystem, as well as specific tree, bush, vine and aquatic species that can be found in the great lake.
There is already so little old-growth forest left that it threatens the long-term survival of many plant and animal species, so continuing to log such forests is deeply irresponsible.
Of the four global regions inhabited by primates, the worst hit is Madagascar, where loss of habitat to traditional slash-and-burn agriculture has left some lemur species, such as Perrier's sifaka, stranded in tiny areas of forest.
In the Bolivian forest, the investment is at least protecting the river dolphins, jaguars, caymans and countless bird species which thrive in the park.
The Forestry Commission survey of specially-created bat boxes revealed eight species living in the 155, 000 acre (63, 000 hectare) man-made forest.
What's left of this forest is only 5% or 6% so you really are talking about the end game of this species.
The 400, 000-acre Ocala National Forest is a tangle of springs, sand-pine scrub and subtropical forest that is home to raccoons, flying squirrels, otters and black bears, as well as many species of bird.
Despite being a commercial forest that is sustainably logged for wood, the Dermakot Forest Reserve in Sabah, which is an area of approximately 550km square kilometres, holds all five wild Bornean cat species.
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After the lumber industry depleted local forest, the area became designated a protected national park with a coastline famous for spotting resident beluga whales and other species that migrate here to feed in the nutrient-rich waters.
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