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  2. List of environmental organizations - Wikipedia

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    An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.

  3. Carbon sink - Wikipedia

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    An important consideration in such efforts is that forests can turn from sinks to carbon sources. [23] [24] [25] In 2019 forests took up a third less carbon than they did in the 1990s, due to higher temperatures, droughts and deforestation. The typical tropical forest may become a carbon source by the 2060s. [26]

  4. Aarey Milk Colony - Wikipedia

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    It has at least 86 species of trees [8] and 22 species of birds. A recent report submitted to the state highlights the rich biodiversity inside Aarey. [ 9 ] There are about 290 species of wild life in Aarey Colony including 5 such species of animals which feature in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

  5. Agent Orange - Wikipedia

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    The active ingredient of Agent Orange was an ... erosion caused by loss of tree cover, and loss of seedling forest stock meant ... the agriscience company Corteva ...

  6. The National Forest (England) - Wikipedia

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    Location of the national forest. The National Forest Company is a not-for-profit organisation established in April 1995 as a company limited by guarantee. [4] It is supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with the aim of converting one third of the land within the boundaries of the National Forest (52 sq mi, 33,000 acres) to woodland, by encouraging ...

  7. Natural forests in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    These forests are characterized by having sparse canopy, a sub canopy and a well-developed shrub/herb layer. Some plant species naturally found in these forests are [12] Some of the canopy trees are deciduous during the dry spell of the year. These forests harbour the largest elephant populations in Asia.

  8. Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests - Wikipedia

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    It has an unusually diverse tree flora, with as many as 30 tree species at a single site including many relics of the ancient forest that once covered North America more widely. Along with the forest there is a rich undergrowth of ferns, fungi, herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees as well as areas of glade, heath, shale, peat bog and ...

  9. Urban forest - Wikipedia

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    Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In many countries there is a growing understanding of the importance of the natural ecology in urban forests. There are numerous projects underway aimed at restoration and preservation of ecosystems, ranging from simple elimination of leaf-raking and elimination of invasive plants to full-blown reintroduction of original species and riparian ecosystems.