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Meanings of old-growth forest in English

Russian
реликтовый лес
Portuguese
floresta primária
Spanish
bosque vírgen
Catalan
bosc primigeni
Wikidata

Forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

        реликтовый лес
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        Examples for "primary forest"
        Examples for "primary forest"
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        It was primary forest, undisturbed by the hand of man.
        The Lost World
        2
        Advocacy groups have claimed that as much as 90 percent of Sarawak's primary forest have been logged.
        Reuters
        3
        Global Forest Watch notes that in 2018 several hotspots of primary forest loss occurred near or within indigenous territories.
        BBC
        4
        More than half of his 35 hectares of land is primary forest, while the rest is sugar cane or small trees.
        BBC
        5
        Back in 2002, Brazil and Indonesia made up 71% of tropical primary forest loss.
        BBC
        1
        The peak overlooked virgin forest for as far as Kyle could see.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        2
        The cabin seemed to expand into the virgin forest and the open plain.
        Nocturne
        3
        As a rule the virgin forest is exceedingly wasteful of ground.
        Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest / Protecting Existin...
        4
        This mountain covered with virgin forest is the property of the Living Buddha.
        Beasts, Men and Gods
        5
        He's still young enough to find the virgin forest congenial company.
        The Wheel of Life
        1
        We might have been groping in the heart of some primeval forest.
        Three John Silence Stories
        2
        You ought to roam in the primeval forest, and take and kill.
        The Pretty Lady
        3
        Night still lingered amid the calm splendour of the vast, primeval forest.
        Tales of the Wilderness
        4
        Deeper and deeper grew the shadows of crag, gorge, and primeval forest.
        The Foolish Virgin
        5
        The uplands are rich with primeval forest, and perhaps always have been.
        At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
        1
        That was natural forest country, and the roads might be badly blocked.
        Earth Abides
        2
        One is a market campaign to shift April out of cutting more natural forest.
        The Guardian
        3
        Companies with valid existing licences could in theory still go ahead and clear natural forest.
        Reuters
        4
        But it is an hour's drive through the conservation area to the start of the natural forest.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Green groups have frequently accused APP of destroying natural forest in Indonesia, accusations denied by the firm.
        Reuters
        1
        Cuciurean argued that he was defending ancient woodland and wildlife from destruction.
        The Guardian
        2
        This is why it promotes biodiversity offsets, even for ancient woodland.
        The Guardian
        3
        Hermitage to Inver is a little over four miles, walking through ancient woodland.
        The Guardian
        4
        I'm responsible for maintaining public access, ancient woodland restoration and producing timber for market.
        The Guardian
        5
        We are left with small islands of ancient woodland, fragments of what once was.
        The Guardian
        Usage of old-growth forest in English
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        Now, for the scene in the big old-growth forest we needed cloudy days.
        Wired
        2
        Ramsey's "gap" was little more than a barely perceptible thinning of the old-growth forest.
        Speaking in Bones
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        A windfarm project in Queensland will not go ahead to protect vulnerable species in an old-growth forest.
        The Guardian
        4
        Swim across the clear, emerald-green water for more routes, surrounded by old-growth forest hanging over the river.
        Climbing Magazine
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        Then, he turned his horse toward the line of old-growth forest and raced homeward to his waiting work.
        Antiphon
        6
        The wood is plantation timber, so you needn't worry that you're incinerating an old-growth forest to toast your marshmallows.
        The Irish Times
        7
        A handful of elegant safari-style canvas tents have been scattered among the salmonberries in a beautiful inlet of mountainous old-growth forest.
        The Guardian
        8
        The town borders an old-growth forest; heating and air conditioning are powered silently by geothermal, and a three-mile walking trail encircles the entire community.
        The Guardian
        9
        Like old-growth forest whose lofty treetops eventually collapse, Khufu has shrunk some 30 feet over the past 4,500 years.
        The world without us
        10
        Woodcutting hermits known as "bodgers" lived in cottages scattered throughout the area's old-growth forest, building homemade lathes and turning out chair legs and braces.
        Reuters
        11
        Surrounding an inlet, it has a mountainous landscape with large old-growth forests and nearby lakes.
        The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
        12
        The bucolic canyon -and Designated Wilderness -glows green with old-growthforests and rhododendron.
        Climbing Magazine
        13
        In findings published last year, the NRC said it had identified "significant errors" in old-growth forests maps.
        The Guardian
        14
        Field said the government could not hope to create a meaningful environmental legacy if it allowed logging of protected old-growth forests.
        The Guardian
        15
        A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes.
        Pubmed
        16
        The same is true for logging mature and old-growth forests. Beck has been in the business for 30 years but was still surprised.
        Reuters