remaining forest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofremainingandforest
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remaining
adjective[before noun]
uk/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/us/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/
continuing to exist or be left after other parts or things have been used or ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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(Definition ofremainingandforestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Remainingforestareas are subject to varying levels of human disturbance from selective timber cutting, rattan harvesting and hunting.
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Much of theremainingforestland in the southwest was protected, but this did not prevent a scramble to exploit it.
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Amazonian forests are being rapidly cleared, and theremainingforestfragments appear unusually vulnerable to fire.
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Theremainingforestin the far south-west became the focal point for expansion.
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In order to protect theremainingforestareas, attention to these policies should be a first-order priority in the future.
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Their actions legitimized the new farms but did not enhance the elders' entitlements to theremainingforest.
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The exception is the central semi-deciduous forest, whereremainingforestis highly fragmented.
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Seedling emergence is almost entirely restricted to the shelter ofremainingforeststands, and seedling survival is low despite the exclusion of large herbivores.
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The supply curves are steepest in the zones with the lowest proportion ofremainingforest.
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Short distances amongremainingforestfragments and man-made habitats seem to facilitate persistence and reproductive connectivity among members of this bat assemblage.
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Burning theremainingforestseemed to be the only way that they could maintain control over the land.
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The edges of theremainingforestfragments are an important component of the morphology of these habitat islands and represent an abrupt transition between rain forest vegetation and human-made pastures.
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Fire often spreads towards theremainingforeststands and particularly affects the boundary zones of the forests.
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Conventional wisdom holds that technical progress reduces pressure onremainingforeststocks ('it takes fewer hectares to feed a given number of mouths'), thus contributing to future conservation.
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It is probably threatened by habitat loss, as much of theremainingforestin its range is threatened with logging, but more research is needed.
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The three reserves contain some of the lastremainingforestin the area.
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Since 1953, half of theremainingforesthas been lost.
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Now the bats reside in the few areas ofremainingforest, and if these are cut down, the species is likely to go extinct.
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Mostremainingforestis found inside national parks.
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