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“There is a lull to the very air of the place, the creaking of the tall teak forests, the lapping of the canals, the gentle swaying of the little kingfishers who sit like neat blue idols on almost every telegraph wire.”
James Morris
“Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle”
African Proverb
“Isn't it terrible what's happening to our forests?”
Chuck Leavell
“I think the belief comes about because forests do help to reduce floods in small areas, and so people assume it must also apply to severe floods in large areas.”
David Kaimowitz
“There's two huge parts of our job, ... The first: protect old-growth forest, which is about 9 percent of what it was. The other is to restore logged-over lands. But you also must work on lots of small parts, like how residents in this drainage use water, what happens along roads.”
Chris Larson
“If you damage a forest a little bit, the forest can recover. Even damaged ecosystems can be restored to their former diversity through natural processes if they are allowed to do so.”
Christopher Wills
“It's a matter of life and death for this country, ... The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.”
Wangari Maathai
“Ecologists have debated for decades whether there is ecological value to species diversity. We found that in forests throughout the New and Old World tropics, older trees are more diverse than younger ones. In other words, diversity is actually selected for as each of the forests matures. This means diversity does indeed matter and is an essential property of these complex ecosystems.”
“I Like Chris Paul a lot. He was one of my favorite players when I watched him at Wake Forest. I used to talk about him a lot. I like what he's doing with that team. I like the way he's running the (pick and roll) and adjusting to the whole NBA system. He's definitely, if he continues to work, is going to be a great guard, an All-Star in this league.”
Baron Davis
“What our paper shows quite clearly is that this process is happening in small parts of the forest. What you end up with . . . is perhaps fewer trees by the time all these weeding-out processes have gone on, but there is a more diverse collection of trees.”
