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Forests are home to 80% of the world’s land-based animal and plant life
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Ancient wood pasture with old oaks and beeches in the mist, Romania
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Canopy of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
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Boreal forest in autumn colour, Western Siberia, Russia
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Coastal forest and maquis vegetation, Greece
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In boreal forests, a large proportion of precipitation falls as snow
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One in ten of all known species on Earth are found in the Amazon
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Bluebells growing in a mature beech tree woodland, West Woods, Wiltshire, England
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Dawn over the Segama River in lowland rainforest, Sabah, Borneo
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Giant sequoias can grow to incredible heights of 95 metres
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A lush Kauri forest, New Zealand
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Autumn trees in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada
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Boreal forest, Syöte National Park, Oulu, Finland
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Old oaks in Wistman’s Wood, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK
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Tropical rainforests are thought to be the world’s oldest living ecosystems
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Fir and spuce forest in Velebit Nature Park, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Silver birch woodland in autumn, Scotland
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View across canopy of Amazonian rainforest at dawn, Tambopata, Peru
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Morning mist over forest canopy, Russia
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A Brazilian rainforest cleared for cattle ranching
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