THE CEDAR OF LEBANON, MILLENNIAL WITNESS OF THE DESERTIZATION OF THE EARTH.

"If we do not do anything to avoid it, in 10 years not a single tree will remain."

DEMONIZED. HOW MAN STIGMATIZES EVERYTHING THAT CAN NOT CONTROL

Darkness and evil are not the same thing.

SACRED GROVE

(Versión española AQUÍ) A sacred grove or sacred woods are any grove of trees of special religious importance to a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They were important features of the mythological landscape and cult practice of Celtic, Baltic, Germanic, ancient Greek, Near Eastern, Roman, and Slavic polytheism, and …

CLOUD FORESTS. BOTANICAL TREASURES

(Versión española AQUÍ) (Excerpt from Wikipedia article Cloud Forest.) A cloud forest, also called a fog forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation, …

Bark: An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees

ARTICLE FROM BRAIN PICKINGS BY MARIA POPOVA Tree bark may not sound like the most exciting or relatable of subjects but, in fact, it is both. Not only do we come in contact with it constantly in our daily lives, from cinnamon to cork to chewing gum to rubber, but it’s also a hauntingly beautiful, …

MEXICO MEGA-DIVERSE

(Versión española aquí) Mexico is considered a "mega-diverse" country, as part of the select group of nations possessing the greatest number and variety of animals and plants, almost 70% of global species diversity. For some authors, the group comprises 12 countries: Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Congo, Madagascar, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. Other, …

BIGGEST FORESTS IN THE WORLD

Biggest Rainforests in the World PACIFIC TEMPERATE RAINFOREST The presence of the ocean here makes this one the richest and most diverse temperate forests on earth.   SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE The Lion Kingdom.   SANTA ELENA CLOUD FOREST RESERVE House of Quetzal and another 400 birds species.   KINABALU NATIONAL PARK More than 5,000 vascular …

SIMBOLOGÍA DEL BOSQUE. FOREST SYMBOLISM.

(english at the end) Durante siglos, los bosques ha marcado los bordes del dominio de la humanidad. En toda Europa, América del Norte y el Lejano Oriente, la humanidad ha tenido que labrarse su espacio vital a partir de los grandes bosques templados. Gran parte del mundo tiene una larga historia de encontrarse en las …

ALCE o ANTA (Alces alces). El mayor de los cérvidos.

ALCE. WIKIPEDIA. El alce (Alces alces) (en algunos lugares también conocido como anta) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia de los cérvidos. Es un habitante típico de los bosques nórdicos de Europa y Asia. Debido a la intensa caza a que ha sido sometido desde hace siglos, el área de distribución original …

Terror, transición, refugio : los bosques en la literatura occidental

Las tradiciones occidentales suelen presentar los bosques como lugares inhóspitos, de los que el hombre debe tener miedo porque en ellos viven seres fantásticos y terroríficos. El aventurarse en el bosque constituye una experiencia peligrosísima, muchas veces mortal. Sin embargo, esta visión derivada de los cuentos de hadas y de las leyendas más antiguas, no …