10 sentences with 'forests'
Example sentences and phrases with the word forests and other words derived from it.
• « Originally, the "Rus" were Vikings who ruled small towns in the vast steppes and forests of western Russia and Ukraine. They were united around 980 CE by one king, Vladimir the Great, who conquered all the rival cities and imposed control from his capital in Kiev. »
• « What changed was simply that Britain ran out of forests. Because of the need for wood and coal for heating, as well as wood for construction (especially shipbuilding; the British navy consumed a great deal of wood in construction and repairs), Britain was forced to import huge quantities of wood from abroad in the late 17th century. »
• « Whereas in the past the term "rights" referred to the traditional privileges enjoyed by a particular social group, from the king's exclusive right to hunt in his forests to the peasants' right of access to common lands, today rights come to mean a fundamental and universal privilege that is concomitant with citizenship itself. »
• « First, lakes began to die. Then the forests. Since the beginning of the 20th century, industrial smoke from the United States and Europe has been exceeding the tolerable limits in the atmosphere. »
• « Today, acid rain is responsible for the agony of countless forests and lakes. And substances from industrialisation are involved in this murder. »
• « But acid rain is not limited to lakes and forests. Its effects are damaging no less than Cologne Cathedral in Germany. Acid rain is eating away at the medieval structures. »
• « For starters, forests occupy 14 percent of the earth's surface and contain 60 percent of all animal and plant species on the planet. »
• « If forests continue to be devastated in this way, many of these species will disappear before they have even been discovered and without being exploited - even if only medicinally - by humans. »
• « The demand for timber is increasing, and this is the main reason why the forests seem to be being razed to the ground. »
• « A peculiar feature of bamboo is that entire forests of the plant flower at the same time and die off quickly. These blooms and mass die-offs occur at unpredictable intervals, and up to 100 years may pass between them. »