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Ribbon forests or tape forests are forests that occurs in long thin bands. In many places this may be the result of deforestation , including deliberate attempts to leave a habitat corridor in largely deforested areas, to allow wildlife to move between the remaining pockets of forest.
This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause.
Woodpeckers live in tree cavities they excavate in the trunk. In an effort to increase woodpecker numbers, artificial cavities (essentially birdhouses planted within tree trunks) were installed to give woodpeckers a place to live. An active effort is made by the US military and workers to maintain this rare habitat used by red-cockaded woodpeckers.
Clearcutting-with-reserves – removal of the majority of standing stems, leaving a few reserved for other purposes (for example as snags for wildlife habitat), (often confused with the seed tree method). Slash-and-burn – the permanent conversion of tropical and subtropicals forests for agricultural purposes.
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present. [2]
Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer , such as a spruce , pine or fir , associated with the celebration of Christmas ...
Sometimes shown as black with white polka dots. In Argentina, a black ribbon, sometimes with the national flag's colours in both ends, is used to raise awareness about the victims of subversive terrorism. By the Anarchist Black Ribbon Campaign, a free speech campaign started in 1996 inspired by the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign. [15]