Ash trees are about 4 percent of the state's forests, and 80 percent of the state's 45 million ash trees are found west of the Connecticut River.

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Gibbons are at home in the high canopy of tropical forests, but they are relatively heavy and the gaps between trees are too large to travel by swinging alone.

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The coastal strip includes beaches and chain dunes, alternating with forests, centenary pine trees, and complex lagoon systems interconnected by the water-table.

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About 25 km from Palomino, 30 minutes by bus, is the Quebrada Valencia park, where bamboo forests, enormous banyan trees and an impressive series of cascades provide shade from the oppressive heat.

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" Girls were also urged to apply to natural resources the principles of conservation practiced at home, recognizing that "in this United States of ours we have cut down too many trees and our forests are fast following the buffalo.

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And in the case of the forests of south-western Nepal, the target is the trees.

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Improvements in yield reduced the need to convert forests and other natural environments to farmland, which typically involves burning of trees and other plants, and which in turn produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

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