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forest

[fawr-ist, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr- /


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Living in the area, I drive by it a thousand times and then I remember, “Oh yeah, there’s a rainforest in here. There’s thick stands of bamboo forest that look like Vietnam.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was revealed earlier that the investigators discovered signs of "human presence" within the forest, including a tree branch that had been hacked off, teabags, items of food and other litter.

From BBC

Totalling approximately 150 million hectares, DRC's forests are prized by buyers of forest concessions -- some for logging, others for contested carbon-offset programmes.

From Barron's

Little lopsided houses were scattered willy-nilly, and the only big building was the mill, which stood on the edge of a forest.

From Literature

As plant debris and soil organic matter wash into the lake from surrounding forests, they tint the water a deep brown.

From Science Daily