January 1, 2020 | Forest Industry Task Force

Commercial Landscaping and Its Details

Royce StevensonJanuary 1, 2020April 14, 2020

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Commercial landscaping is a term currently, that is on the lips of many people. Every time you see a beautiful exterior, you owe it to commercial landscapers. For such reasons, many people might think that commercial landscaping is simply trimming shrubs, planting trees and grasses and mowing overgrown grass. That […]

Tips for hiring home builders Hervey Bay

Royce StevensonJanuary 1, 2020April 15, 2021

Tips

One of the most significant investments that most people will think about anytime they begin earning is building a home of their own. This is because having a home that you can call your own gives you the freedom of doing anything that you want to do. However, when you […]

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.[1] Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.[2][3][4] According to the widely used[5][6] Food and Agriculture Organization definition, forests covered 4 billion hectares (9.9×109 acres) (15 million square miles) or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area in 2006.[4] Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are distributed around the globe.[7] 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 carbon per year for tropical forests, 8.1 for temperate forests, and 2.6 for boreal forests.[7] Forests at different latitudes and elevations form distinctly different ecozones: boreal forests around the poles, tropical forests around the Equator, and temperate forests at the middle latitudes. Higher elevation areas tend to support forests similar to those at higher latitudes, and amount of precipitation also affects forest composition. Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways.[8] Forests provide ecosystem services to humans and serve as tourist attractions. Forests can also affect people's health. Human activities, including harvesting forest resources, can negatively affect forest ecosystems.