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1. forests

   A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020) found that forests covered 4.06 billion hectares (10.0 billion acres; 40.6 million square kilometres; 15.7 million square miles), or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020.Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in the tropical latitudes, followed by those in the boreal, temperate, and subtropic domains.Forests account for 75% of the gross primary production of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Net primary production is estimated at 21.9 gigatonnes of biomass per year for tropical forests, 8.1 for temperate forests, and 2.6 for boreal forests.Forests at different latitudes and elevations, and with different precipitation and evapotranspiration form distinctly different biomes: boreal forests around the North Pole, tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests around the Equator, and temperate forests at the middle latitudes. Areas at higher elevations tend to support forests similar to those at higher latitudes, and the amount of precipitation also affects forest composition. Almost half the forest area (49 percent) is relatively intact, while 9 percent is found in fragments with little or no connectivity. Tropical rainforests and boreal coniferous forests are the least fragmented, whereas subtropical dry forests and temperate oceanic forests are among the most fragmented. Roughly 80 percent of the world's forest area is found in patches larger than 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres). The remaining 20 percent is located in more than 34 million patches around the world – the vast majority less than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) in size.Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. Forests provide ecosystem services to humans and serve as tourist attractions. Forests can also affect people's health. Human activities, including unsustainable use of forest resources, can negatively affect forest ecosystems.

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1. forestsnoun

   Plural noun of forest.

   The National trust manages over fifty forests across the country and many properties too.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2016  

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   Rank popularity for the word 'FORESTS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4476

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1. fosters

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FORESTS in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FORESTS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of FORESTS in a Sentence

1. Sardar Muhammad Rafique:

   Electricity generation through watermills and small projects will ultimately reduce pressure on the forests which are being cut down for wood fuel.

2. Palta McGilligan:

   The people in the villages are connected to the forests, they feel sorry the jungles are being lost, they're sad that there will be no trees. Solar thermal energy is a great relief to them.

3. Narin Chomphuphuang:

   We're primarily on a mission to study and save the biodiversity and wildlife found in these forests, particularly species-specific microhabitats, from extinction.

4. Vincent Karsamba:

   Plantations outside the protected forests and parks are old and aren't as productive as here.

5. Ralava Beboarimisa:

   Most... say we are spending a lot of money to protect the environment instead of spending money to help them find something to eat, one of the challenges in Madagascar is to protect the forests, and to change the habits of the people and to help them to fight against poverty.

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References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forests