VIRGIN FOREST by claude19
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Une forêt primaire, dite aussi forêt vierge dans le langage courant, est une forêt intacte (ou originelle), et à haut degré de naturalité qui n'a donc jamais été ni exploitée, ni fragmentée ni directement ou manifestement influencée par l'homme. Toutes les forêts anciennes ne sont pas primaires, elles sont dites secondaires si régénérée depuis longtemps sur une forêt autrefois détruite, significativement modifiée ou exploitée par l'Homme.
Les zones de forêts primaires sont devenues très rares dans le monde.
Old growth forest, (also termed primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier forest or in the UK, Ancient Woodland), is a type of forest that has attained great age and so exhibits unique biological features. Old growth forests typically contain large live trees, large dead trees (sometimes called "snags"), and large logs, as well as many other common characteristics representative of forests in general. Due to the great age and height of many trees within old growth forests, they are often more shaded than other types of forests. Old growth forests are unique, and usually have multiple horizontal layers of vegetation representing a variety of tree species and age-classes. Many old growth forest stands are threatened by habitat destruction due to excessive logging and clear-cut logging, activity, which reduces biodiversity, both in terms of decreasing the amount of old growth forest and habitat that remain on the planet, and in terms of the destruction, and therefore reduction in the level of remaining native, or indigenous species that rely upon and thrive within old growth forest habitat.[WIKIPEDIA]
Ein Wald ist ein in Schichten aufgebautes Ökosystem, das dauerhaft mit Gehölzen wie Bäumen bewachsen ist. Die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der UNO (FAO) spricht von Wald, wenn die Bäume in winterkalten Gebieten mindestens drei, im gemäßigten Klima mindestens sieben Meter hoch sind.
Das Wort „Wald“, schon althochdeutsch wald, beruht wohl auf einem rekonstruierten urgermanischen *walþu „Büschel“, in diesem Fall „Laubwerk“, „Zweige“, das wohl seinerseits aus dem Indogermanischen *wolɘt „dichtbewachsen“ hervorgegangen ist (vgl. Wolle).
Wald im allgemeinen Sinne ist ein Begriff der Ökologie.
* Als Primärwald oder Urwald werden naturbelassene, das heißt ohne forstwirtschaftliche oder das ökologische Gleichgewicht berührende menschliche Eingriffe gewachsene Wälder bezeichnet.
* Der bewirtschaftete Wald heißt Forst.
* Als juristischer Begriff ist Wald in Deutschland im Bundeswaldgesetz, in Österreich im Forstgesetz 1975 und in der Schweiz im Waldgesetz (WaG) gesetzlich definiert.
Comments (18)
balboa
sehr schön!
yorek
L'ambiance, le mystère, la torpeur moite, les teintes, la pénombre glauque.... On s'attend à voir surgir un gorille ( ou Tarzan...) tellement tout y est !
Desiderius
Et j'en rajoute : Wunderschön !!!
carlx
Powerful and fantastic image!!!
NekhbetSun
Very exotic feel to this....nice one Claude !
keiron
Great fractal very well done 5+
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Superbe feuillage, mais malheureusement dans meme pas un siècle il n'y auras plus de foret vierge. ;-)
amirapsp
Stunning nature...Hugs
missouri
Nice tropical feeling to this one. Well done
mansco
Splendid rich greens ;O)
jocko500
I like this one a lot. cool work
bpclarke
Awesome colors and shapes. Bunny
bakapo
cool coloring and shape, it has a magical feel.
amota99517
This is great. I love the ancient forest look that this has. I wonderful what might be hidden between your vegetation. Splendid work!!!
TheAnimaGemini
Fantastic. Reminds me somehow on the Iron maiden in Nürberg. Dont ask me why. :)
three_grrr
Not too far from here, in an area called Zoar Valley, there is still some old growth forest. The terrain is very difficult in that area, which is the only reason this small section of old growth forest still survives. The state has allowed lumbering in Zoar Valley, but the men and their machines are not able to reach this area. We have hiked through there, and it is amazing and beautiful to see. This is a marvelous fractal, I think it is a scene from a tropical forest of old growth trees though, not from a northern woods such as ours.
afugatt
Pretty!
bcrathburn
some how i missed this one great render shadow++++++++++++++++++++++++