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The Lost Rainforests of Britain is a non-fiction book by British author and environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole. The book explores the existence and ecological importance of temperate rainforests in Britain, sometimes referred to as Celtic rainforests, which are often overlooked or forgotten. Shrubsole aims to raise awareness about these ...
The Caledonian Forest is the ancient temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas . The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest are directly descended from the first pines to arrive in Scotland following the Late Glacial ; arriving about 7000 BC .
A Celtic rainforest, also known as a temperate or Atlantic rainforest or woodland, [1] is found in areas with "high oceanicity", those that are highly influenced by the sea. These areas are characterised by high rainfall and humidity, but also low yearly variation in temperature.
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These woodlands are also variously referred to as Atlantic rainforest, Upland Oakwoods, Atlantic Oakwoods or Western Oakwoods. Today, the Celtic Rainforest exists as small fragments of the temperate rainforest that once covered much of Ireland and the west coast of Great Britain. The majority of these fragments occur on steep-sided slopes above ...
The Nature Restoration Fund (NRF) – which is used to pay for community projects – saw £5 million diverted into funding wage settlements in Scotland’s local authorities earlier this year.
Old-growth forest type British Columbia: Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park: 164 square kilometres (41,000 acres) Central Pacific coastal forests: coniferous temperate rainforest: British Columbia: Clayoquot Sound: 265,000 hectares (650,000 acres) Central Pacific coastal forests: coniferous temperate rainforest: British Columbia: Great Bear ...