The report estimates that exploitation of
results in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 40 per cent of that produced by the country's transport vehicles.
Bald started work in 1809 and soon secured other appointments in Mayo, first as one of the engineers employed by the government to survey the
and later as a road engineer.
Behind that, among the
of the river-plain
jokitasangon, was the wide crossing that led to their station last night and then, further north, to Dunblane, where their base was.
And whether he changes his system, ploughs his moorland, reseeds his pasture, increases his stocking rate, drains his
and fertilises his meadow is strongly influenced by the advice and grant-aid he receives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF).
Some
, some bracken bogs and others were boggy floodlands of marsh grass.
Drainage schemes have affected valley mires and blanket
.
As a former chairman of An Taisce, Ireland's equivalent of the National Trust, says: `How on earth do you rehabilitate a 6,000-year-old
?
At the far edge of the
there rose a peculiar outcrop of limestone.
I HAVE loved visiting
ever since, as a sixth-former, I first experienced the wonderful combination of springy surface and spongy sphagnum, glistening red sundews and white bog cotton that they offer.
`He was preserved in a
, sir, ``Sheikh was saying.
Plants cope with hot dry
in many different ways.
A 17-year effort to protect some seven million acres of federally owned
in California
Kaliforniassaseems to be on the brink of success, the result of a new president and changing attitudes in Congress.
Now much of
is salinated.
You only turn to it as people climb mountains and cross
-- to find out what you are made of by doing what you hardly dare to do.
I went to bed utterly content; ahead of me were weeks of hunting and travel in remote mountains, and later the excitement of exploring the
.
Inland, the
now provides solar power integrated into the local grid system.
There are no
or snowfields or rain forests to lift or deflect the breezes, or raise or lower the temperature.
This strange greeting is used in this particular part of Arabia and parts of Oman, not the northern Gulf nor the
of Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Arabian.
It was successfully tested over the
on 16 July 1945, before the war with Japan was over.
Gilman said, `He would scarcely risk crossing the
into North Yemen.
The
was scattered with hills, like smooth dark whales riding in a flat sea.
A plantation of 30,000 artificial palms would fundamentally shift cloud patterns near
, drawing them overland from the sea.
The navigator was a young sergeant named Mike Sadler who had emigrated to Rhodesia before the war and who was arguably the best at finding his way around the
.
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is the area of bare rocks and soils beyond the tundra, where only a thin, patchy covering of plant life is found.
The
offers few natural restrictions.
Ground with less than about 50% cover is called fellfield; below about 20% fellfield
.
The train newly arrived on a European covered in dust blown from the
, or encrusted with salt spray from the Bosporus.
For example, Alan Charig and Brenda Horsfield point to the shoulder-girdle and fore-limbs of a likely theropod unearthed on a 1965 expedition to the
.
Beyond the big waterfall
of black sand
mustan hiekan, then lava fields, the black and red-brown lumps dotted with a whitish lichen, then another lava field where the lichenous moss is bright green.
The pygmies were gone, and below the airship
of fine, white sand
hienon, valkoisen hiekan.
It is expected that the group will argue its case for the protection of
at the global convention on biodiversity to be held at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development next June.
Mosquito Coast
Moskiittorannikonat risk from development deal
The densest high
in the High Weald
High Wealdissais associated with the ghyll valleys, narrow ravines created by streams that have cut through the lighter soils.
Scheduled for Sunday June 13, the bike ride will take in some of the loveliest parts of the county, starting and finishing at
Belvoir Park
Belvoir Parkin.
Scientists will study
in south-east Asian countries
Kaakkois-Aasian maissa, with a view to establishing what conditions produce the highest carbon dioxide absorption.
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in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
Brasilian Rio de Janeiron osavaltiossaare disappearing at the rate of one football field in area every hour, according to the environmental protection group SOS Mata Atlantica.
Specialized intertidal communities of enormous significance
of the tropics
tropiikkien.
The
, so upright, so elegant in autumn, had been broken by this winter campaign.
The 18 species of bowerbird inhabit the damp
of New Guinea and Australia
Uuden-Guinean ja Australian.
The
old-growth
vanhan kasvustonof Oregon and Washington
Oregonin ja Washingtoninare again under threat from logging, following a ruling by the US Supreme Court.
Forty years ago, the
along the eastern fringe of the Andes
Andiet itälaidan varrella olevatwere as inaccessible as anywhere in the world; but it is there that is found wild cocoa with the greatest genetic diversity.
Previously, the remains of some 4,000 of the massacre victims had been unearthed, at
near Smolensk
lähellä Smolenskiain 1943 [for April 1990 Soviet admission of massacre see pp. 37383-84].
How many large areas of
have been planted?
Throughout this settled area, the
is being cut down.
Norway too, has complained that logging the Kessi area, not included in the act as a protected area, will destroy the
between Finland and Norway
Suomen ja Norjan välissä.
The
have an ecological importance in preventing the tundra from advancing to the south.
In March 1250 he was appointed Chief justice of `all the
on both sides of the Trent ``, so that the forest administration was once again united under a single head.
Kislev is a land of dark
, snow-clad wilderness and wind-swept steppes.
Parts of
Tunstall and Rendlesham
Tunstallin ja Rendleshamin, in Suffolk, are being set aside as a reserve for the woodlark, one of Britain's rarest birds.
The Slovenský Raj is well covered by natural
on limestone hills
kalkkikivikallioilla.
I'm greatly encouraged by the recent upsurge of interest in what remains of the
(`Great Wood of Caledon ``September).
Only 14 per cent of
the Philippines
Filippiinientropical
remains untouched and 100,000 hectares is disappearing every year.
The problem arose when the government decided to clear the
along the Sugihan river
Sugihan-joen varrellafor a colonisation scheme.
It's the only good thing to come from this threat to cut down the
.
A frail-looking figure emerged from the
.
In a mild winter where snow cover is not prolonged, chaffinch and brambling from the
will stay on to forage round the crofts.
Paul's promise of variety was soon fulfilled as we turned off the ridge and headed into a
.
Beavers live in the
of North America
Pohjois-Amerikanand in many parts of Europe.
Some 420 of the animals live in the
on the western borders with Rwanda and Zaïre.
Together they are trying to save the
surrounding Fern Gully
Fern Gullya ympäröivääfrom developers and in particular from evil Hexxus (Tim Curry), who is polluting the air with toxic waste.
Two Forest Justices were once more appointed, one for the
north of the Trent
Trentin pohjoispuolella olevaa, and the other for those in the south.
The
to the south of the Swamp
suon eteläpuolellawas hilly and comparatively open.
And now, a splendid piece of country to the west of the Aspe valley which I have been leaving out: the valleys,
and mountains south of the village of Arette.
THE
harbour a deadly secret: Cocaine producing laboratories whose market is America.
Fiercer invertebrates which came to the
to prey on this grazing population, could not indulge in such trusting relationships.
Medicine Man Sean Connery stalks the
South American
Etelä-Amerikanas a crusty Scots scientist on the brink of discovering a cancer cure in this fast-paced adventure.
An Indian poet once wrote that the tiger stalks the
like the lowering clouds of an approaching storm but the leopard moves as silently as mist drifting on a dawn wind.
I went over to have a look, but found the
impenetrable.
Their natural habitat
with a high temperature and humidity.
Because she went in the
all alone?
With the withering of their grasslands, the nomads of the Sahara were forced to descend into the narrow
of the Nile valley
Niilin laakson, there to take up the toil of agriculture.
Paul bit his lip as he jogged at his father's shoulder along a trail that wound through fringes of
beside the La Nga River
La Nga -joen vierellä.
The only track into Bahdu from the south, feasible for loaded camels, skirted a
at the foot of these hills
näiden kukkuloiden juurella.
A few
in western France
Länsi-Ranskassaare still managed very strictly as commons.
Cobbett declared that the
of South Holderness
South Holdernessinin the East Riding
East Ridingissa, together with the Fens, were the richest land in England.
We have already mentioned the
of Sussex and Kent
Sussexin ja Kentinas examples of areas drying out.
The
on the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates
Tigrisin ja Eufratin alemmilla alueillacover an area of up to 17,000 square kilometres and provide a refuge for Shia opponents of Saddam's regime.
Nowadays the river Derwent
is non-tidal due to the flood barrier at
ei vaihtele vuoroveden mukaan tulvaportin vuoksi.
IN THE heart of
North America's
Pohjois-Amerikanlargest
a rare female woodstork prepares to nest.
According to Laurie Boorman, a scientist with the National Environment Research Council, at the present rates of degradation half the areas of
would disappear within 50 years.
The monks of Furness reclaimed the
, with embankments incorporating beach pebbles.
He trailed along behind her through the sand dunes, along the edge of the
.
They have created an experimental
by allowing coastal farmland at Northey Island in Essex to be flooded.
There are many ways to cross the
.
They had drained
, diverted roads, uprooted hedges, planted trees and felled them, preserved game and in due season, hunted it.
A century ago, more than 200 Siberian cranes were recorded in the jheels and
of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradeshin.
A former pool had silted up and was turning into a miniature
.
You continue on through the meadows of
-- a Site of Special Scientific Interest -- to the banks of the Thames.
We followed them through the
, which smelled of dying plants.
These occurred at different times down the whole length of the front, from Haj Omran in the mountains of the north to the
.
That night El-ahrairah came out of the
and went secretly up to the great ditch.
The
has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife.
In groups of 10 to 30 men, on foot or in jeeps, they cross the barren
between the frontier and the Tigris
rajan ja Tigriksen välissä, to the Shia cities and the settlements around them.
The maria and small
in the highlands
ylämaillacan readily be seen to postdate the craters on their borders.
Every few minutes Jacques Devraux sent his trackers up the taller trees to scan the
on the other side of the river
toisella puolella jokea, but each time they descended shaking their heads.
The Moon has no analogue of the
intercrater
kraatereiden välisille.
Eventually the
of the eastern Ukraine
Itä-Ukrainanare reached, and the city of Kharkov.
As we were crossing the
of Birzebbugia
Birzebbugiannearing the air station, we were surprised to hear a sharp report.
The next day they crossed a relentless
of reeds and coarse grass
kaislikkoja ja karheaa ruohikkoa, relieved only by colonies of bustard and the black tents of Kurdish tribesmen.
The
have been farmed continuously for thousands of years and you begin to wonder how they have stayed fertile.
Third, within the territory of the northern Angles a Bernician leadership had reasserted itself and the political centre of gravity shifted northwards away from the
.
The
produced a wheat and barley surplus, the Wealden farmers probably grew sufficient for their own needs, whilst concentrating on stock raising.
Frequent marine ingressions flooded the low-relief
and left `marine ``shales behind.
This mineralizes and fertilizes the
below, as it slowly and inexorably finds its way to the sea.
The
and Allier valley to the north and south of Clermont-Ferrand are highly productive cereal (especially maize), and vegetable growing areas, in places with livestock.
Cenerente is a small village about three miles from Perugia which is silhouetted against the skyline on a hilltop 1000 feet above the
.
After crossing many low hills, we descended into the small land-locked
.
This should enable computers to give highly detailed information: how many people live within a radius of a certain point, for example, or how many live along
.
I lived on the
.
We sat with our backs against the trig point and gazed down like Gods on the
.
Similarly, a mother cheetah on the
will let its young `play ``with a gazelle.
Where the road passed through the
there were farms with cattle grazing on knee-high grass.
The Sussex Levels cover a considerable area, of the order of 160 square kilometres, and, except for Pevensey Levels, are associated with the
of the main rivers
tärkeimpien jokien.
Cochrane et al. state that c. 80 per cent of
tropical America's
trooppisen Amerikanare mostly well drained, with the largest single expanse in central Brazil.
THE western sky was glowing pink when we spotted him, a tiny shadow trotting across the darkening
.
Nevertheless, tropical rain forest may be flammable at the edges, so that
may spread.
But how did such migrants ever learn that there was better weather at the other end of the globe or that hundreds of miles north of the
, for a few months, abundant food was to be had.
One of these, the Common Zebra, is widely distributed over the
in eastern and southern Africa
itäisessä ja eteläisessä Afrikassain different forms, each with a slightly different stripe pattern.
Onyeanusi's study involved an assessment of the impact of vehicle tyres on off-road tracks in a specific area of what
is predominantly
on lähinnägrassland
ruohotasankoista.
Hornbills, too, live in forests, but also in woodland
in Asia and Africa
Aasiassa ja Afrikassa.
It was a small animal, probably about 1.2 m tall, living in woodland
.
In both forest and
large parties with many males develop, especially among ground-dwellers subject to terrestrial predation.
By far the largest tree in the
, baobabs are protected by law in several African countries and are important ecological resources.
It seems likely that the two `fingers ``at the tip of the trunk are more useful to a species that lives on
and finds much of its food by grazing.
I can see Eliot pacing under the mighty oaks and pushing his way through
in a smart suit, a bowler hat, and grey spats.
The stones at its margins were bleached like bones and nothing grew at the water's edge except rank
.
The green lawns were bright and cut close, the
of daffodils had not quite died down along the edges of the drive.
The tall
fringing the narrow river rattled and groaned in the faint breeze as the file of men moved cautiously through the half-light beneath the dense overhead foliage.
Without waiting for a response he stepped into the
.
Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the
, before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him.
She begins to run along the path, past a stagnant ditch, birch leaves flickering in the yellow light, slowing as she enters a
.
Man was among the last of a wide range of Eurasian mammals to trek overland through the forests and
, now the Bering Strait region, during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene.
Several hours later after flying over what seemed endless tracts of grey-green
we descended over the great expanse of the Lena River.
This large owl is found right around the Arctic
of the Northern Hemisphere
pohjoisen pallonpuoliskon.
Breeds on
and adjacent coasts, also on small islands in Baltic; in winter mainly on rocky and weedy shores, often with Purple Sandpipers (p. 129).
Like a mammoth trapped in the
, history has been deep frozen by the Cold War.
A few reindeer were grazing on the sparse
.
A quite different (but economically interdependent) way of life supported the Chukchis and Koryaks of the interior, who roamed the
with reindeer herds.
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at Trowse in Norwich
Trowsessa, Norwichissa.
This gift will help finance the Trust's seven-man forestry team in Borrowdale, where the Trust owns some of the most magnificent forests and
.
Mining, new towns and motorways have gradually eaten away at
.
An 84 acre commercial
near Exmoor
lähellä Exmooriahas been bought by Paul McCartney and given to the League Against Cruel Sports as a sanctuary against hunting.
The Mitchells coppice their
to earn a living.
Below Enniskillen, the lough kept appearing and reappearing, interrupted by
.
We were entering
and, by the twittering and warbling from oak, ash and pine, were going to see more birds.
Replanting
ravaged by storms and disease, coppicing, hedgelaying and pond clearance to maintain a rich variety of wildlife habitat.
Purple moor grass, which forms the pale-fawn undercarpet of the scattered
of such wetlands as the Lancashire mosses and Hatfield Chase
sellaisten kosteikoiden kuin Lancashiren soiden ja Hatfield Chasenwas popular for cattle bedding.
The road goes on amid scenery of increasing charm along the bonny banks of the loch, which at its head is succeeded by the emerald pastures and rich
of Strath More
Strath Moren.
THE NATURAL CLIMAX vegetation of Southern Britain is
, and as late as 731 A.D. the Venerable Bede described the Wealden Forest as being `thick and impenetrable ``.
Since World War 11, over half of
ancient
has been destroyed.
Swithland Woods
, and with Bradgate Park are administered by Trustees with financial help from the County and Leicester City Councils.
Tree saplings (over 1 metre in height) are absent from 80%, by area, of the 5,400 hectares of broadleaved
in the Snowdonia National Park
Snowdonian kansallispuistossa, virtually all of which is LFA.
Of course, each of these landscapes of tundra, pine woodland and
was occupied by various types of animals, which in their turn were hunted by man.
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covers the next stretch of hillside on the right and leads on to the Forestry Commission conifer forest.
A landscape of open moorland, for example, will revert to
in a short time if grazing and heather burning are restricted.
It is bordered by native hedges and
.
THE body of a 67-year-old man missing for nine months has been found in
at Maesnewydd Farm, Talybont, near Aberystwyth
Maesnewyddin maatilalta Talybontista, läheltä Aberystwythiä.
The macro- and microflora from Upper Permian deposits in southern Africa are dominated by Glossopteris, which formed monospecific forests or
along river banks and on elevated grounds
joenrantojen varteen ja korkeille maille.
Nearing the head of the loch, the road goes through the
of the Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve
Beinn Eighen luonnonsuojelualueenand trails are available for the public up the mountainside.
A new authority's been set up to protect and manage
.
Little winding paths run through
and across sheep-grazed award.
It is unlikely that any of the
remain in a natural state, although some areas may have a continuously wooded history.
