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History of forests in India
Forests were revered by the people and a large number of religious ceremonies centred on trees ... , the conservator of forest, Gibson, tried to introduce rules prohibiting shifting cultivation and plantation of teak forests. From 1865 to 1894, forest reserves were established to secure material for imperial needs. ...
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History of Royal Forest Department
The Royal Thai Forest Department was established on September 18, 1896, when forests were regarded as sufficiently abundant for people to cut or collect timber or forest products ... Great Britain of a clause prohibiting British Subjects, which are Shans and Burman, from working teak forests without obtaining duly registered permits. Also, the local chiefs could not issue a permit ...
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Tropical timber import export Africa Asia volume Congo India Nigeria
Indochina As in other countries of East Asia, the natural forests of Indochina have been grossly over-exploited. Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have been obliged to impose ... dominant import market, followed by India and Thailand. Local knowledge of how to manage Burma's teak forests sustainably is also disappearing. The junta has given local warlords carte blanche concerning forest ...
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Top Destinations for 2008 - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
East Africa, Senegal is rife with mangrove and baobab forests, beach-flecked coastlines, and isolated hamlets. A new generation of travelers is rediscovering its charms ... offer daily tiger-spotting safaris, but their surrounding landscapes vary dramatically, from open grasslands to teak forests to lush river valleys. Pick a pair and shuttle in between. Top ^ Subscribe now ...
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Predator Conservation Trust: Asiatic Lion information : Panthera leo persica
The Asiatic lion can only be found now in the Gir Protected Area. This is a 1000 km2 area of dry land consisting of scrub and teak forests in the North West of India. In 1910 the first efforts were made to save the Asiatic lion from the pressures of hunting and human encroachment. At the time there were thought to be only two dozen lions left but ...
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Decidous forests
Bihar, Jharkand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The principal trees of these forests are teak, sal, sandalwood, mahua, khair, mango, jackfruit, wattle and bamboo, semal, sisasm, myrobalan, arjun and ... its flowers is used to form the tiled pattern above). These grow in fairly open forests. Their leaves are characteristically light green in contrast to dark green leaves of trees in ...
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Different types of forests
Semi-evergreen Pine Moist deciduous Dry evergreen Littoral and swamp Dry tropical Montane temperate forests Dry deciduous Wet Thorn Moist Dry evergreen Dry Sub alpine Alpine Moist Dry Moist tropical ... is a layer of shorter trees and evergreen shrubs in the undergrowth. These forests are dominated by sal and teak, along with mango, bamboo, and rosewood. Littoral and swamp Littoral and swamp ...
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WWF - Kayah-Karen/Tenasserim Moist Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Kitti's hog-nosed bat, lives in limestone caves in these forests. The bat is about the size of a bumblebee. About the Area This Global ecoregion is ... Parashorea stellata, Limacia cuspidate, plus teak forest species such as Tectona grandis and Xylia dolabriformis constitute only a small portion of the vegetational diversity that makes these forests so rich. Threats Once- ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests (AT0107)
RAUTKARI Western Africa: Coastal parts of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests 20,200 square miles (52,200 square kilometers) -- about twice the size of Maryland Vulnerable Wettest ... in this ecoregion and the adjacent areas than in any other forests in Africa. In these dense and lush forests you might find a chimpanzee using a blade of grass to ...
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WWF - Stopping forest illegal logging
WWF How You Can Help News & Facts FAQ search Home > About WWF > What We Do > Forests > Our Solutions > Responsible Forestry > Illegal logging Responsible Forestry Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) Forest ... the edge of the forest, but prefer to keep to themselves. Now, as Sumatra's forests disappear under the relentless onslaught of chainsaws and bulldozers, even keeping to themselves is becoming ...
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