Typical forest fauna includes leopard (Panthera pardus) the lion (P. leo), the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), elephant (Loxodonta africana), the dwarf buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) and the great forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni).
NPR's staff and friends pretend that NPR isn't such a big deal, that it's just one creature in the great forest of talk radio, which happens to be funded--but only fractionally--by the federal government.
As I rolled off the boat into heaving waters caused by constant huge Atlantic swells, I entered a great swaying underwater forest of kelp.
From that commitment sprang an effort to save the great Redwoods of California and the Petrified Forest of Arizona, the great bird rocks of the Aleutian Islands and the Tongass of Alaska.
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Aerial photographs often show this contemporary resort as a dramatic silver stingray nestled in a eucalyptus forest beside Great Oyster Bay.
The private ceremony will take place at Holly Terrace in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, and "will be limited to family and close friends, " the statement said.
"Nicaragua has one of the three great blocs of remaining tropical rain forest in Central America, " he said.
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For example, Mitsui announced recently that it has acquired two Australian forestry companies: Great Southern Timber Holdings, which specializes in forest planting, and Hansol, a company that processes and exports wood chips.
The problem is that while clear-cutting sections of rain forest and burning out all the underbrush makes great soil for pastureland, it only does so for about three years.
"It's just a great family day out with all ages wanting to enjoy the New Forest and get fit in a way that isn't damaging to the environment, " he said.
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Fans and followers of one of America's great thinkers, Henry David Thoreau, have been fighting for decades to protect the forest in Massachusetts where he found inspiration.
Malte Iden, Forestry Commission recreation ranger at Kielder Water and Forest Park, said the ospreys' return had been met with "great enthusiasm" and he was "hopeful the chicks will soon be on their way".
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From forest-cloaked mountains to big-sky country, nowhere does the great outdoors like the USA. And few corners are as great as the southwest, with vast canyons, giant trees and surreal rock tableaux providing the perfect backdrop to an active family holiday.
The Forest Timber Camping Decks comprise of raised platforms among the trees, making for great spots to scan the canopy for Knysna loeries while the boerewors (beef sausage) sizzles on your braai (barbecue).
John Hempton ( a hedge fund manager with a great interest in such Chinese stocks) has had a go at working out, if Sino Forest is indeed a scam, quite how much money has been taken.
Lying in bed surrounded by great sweeps of glass, it only takes a slight lift of the head to become one with the forest.
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