Defination of forest

 Forest

Summary

Short term for a bush (a place where trees are densely thickened). However, more forests are used. In Chinese characters, it is a forest, and it shows the appearance of a tree filled with trees. However, in Korea,'forest' is regarded as a Japanese-style Chinese character, and forest is the standard. In English, it is forest.

In Korea, most of the flat land was cleared as farmland or developed as a city, so forests remained only in the mountains. There are some plain forests in Jeju Island, because Jeju Island itself is well preserved. It's natural, but if you really see a plain forest that you can only see in a fairy tale in a foreign country, you can feel a cultural shock.

Detail

It is formed when certain conditions are met to allow large amounts of trees to grow in mountains or plains. If it is really dense, it can become dark because there is no sunlight. That is why the jungle is written as jungle and the secret character is used, it becomes a very dangerous area at night because wild animals inhabit a lot and the terrain is often rough.

Therefore, it has been regarded as a dangerous and mysterious place in many cultures from distant ancient times, and has become the basis of shamanism and totemism along with the cult of old trees. Therefore, when looking at old stories, there are many cases where this is the stage. Youkai, fairies, monsters, etc., regardless of country, come out from here. but it is difficult to live because of the scholar passing by, a battle race of the times, a woodcutter skilled in stealing, and a raging (...).

It is also a remote place, so it is often treated as a place where criminals hide bodies or stolen items. On the contrary, it is also a place for unfair people. The king's ears are donkey ears.

Some say that in the Western world, green forests were considered dangerous places. Dangerous guys such as thieves who used the forest as a hideout come out, suffer from being lost in the forest, and suffer  It seems that such a word came out. At the same time, however, it was regarded as a space where life originated and energized, and as a place full of mysterious energy. That is why medieval cathedrals decorated the interior with the image of a forest. The traditional image of the forest in the Western world always has a dangerous and fascinating duality.

From ancient times, forest products such as wood and tree fruits, which will be materials for various furniture and paper, have been provided, and forests can serve as a breakwater for land in the event of a flood and an important foundation for maintaining the ecosystem. It is also an important existence since it is also a representative oxygen supply source on land.

There are also bamboo forests, which are bizarre cases that they thought it was a forest, but that they were all one tree, and mangrove forests that form communities in rivers and seas, rather than on land.

In modern and modern times, the area is rapidly decreasing day by day due to excessive development. There are many environmental advertisements that use this to awaken the seriousness of the situation, but it seems to be insufficient. The fact that fewer trees cause landslides is also found in Mokminsimseo , but there is still a long way to go.

Some religious scholars with pro-Buddhism tendencies often argue that because Indian religions such as Buddhism were based on forests, they pursue coexistence and coexistence, and there is little violence, as opposed to the Abrahamic religions based on the desert. Even at Dongguk University, these arguments can be encountered. However, in the first place, this kind of argument itself is unreasonable , and in addition, Indian forests have a lot of hot and humid rainforests and savanna climates all year round except for alpine areas, and these areas have more humans than deserts Hard. On the contrary, in the Levant region, where the Abrahamic religion was born, in ancient times, the soil was fertile and there were many grasslands and forests.

Nowadays, there are jobs that are called'forest commentators' and tell people about trees, grass, and landscapes to people who wander through the forest.

Together with trees, it is also a word that represents a person's perspective. When looking at trees, it is microscopic, and when looking at forests, it is macroscopic.

Depending on the types of trees that make up a forest, there are many cases where the appearance and atmosphere of the forest, as well as the ecosystem inside the forest, are quite different. For example, in broad-leaved forests, humus is well formed , whereas in coniferous forests or tropical forests , the soil is relatively poor. Also, depending on the type of forest, animals living, growing plant groups, and mushroom groups also show quite a difference.

A forest is a place with trees. The definition of forest varies according to standards. Forests, which are plant communities, occupy about 9.5% of the total area of ​​the earth and about 30% of the land area, affect water circulation, soil formation and conservation, and function as a habitat for many living things. For this reason, forests are the most important element in the Earth's biosphere.

Forest is also called forest or forest, but in a strict sense, forest is a term used in law, forestry, ecology, etc., and forest refers only to forests in mountains.

Distribution

The forest regions of the world are largely classified into three categories of coniferous forests, broad-leaved forests, and mixed forests in which both coexist, and the relationship with the regions is as follows. Three-quarters of coniferous forests are located in coniferous forests between the tundra and temperate forests. Likewise, three-quarters of the hardwoods are contained in the equator belt, and are changing from rain forests to tropical forests and savanna forests by annual rainfall. Temperate forests are located between tropical forests and coniferous forests in the north. There are also temperate forests with many conifers, but most of them are mixed forests or broad-leaved trees. According to a 1987 report, the world has 4,066.85 million hectares (hectares) of forest area, of which more than half of this forest area (2.165 billion hectares, 53.3%) is occupied by developing countries, most of which are tropical forests. . Among them, the current problem is the decline of the rainforest. Rainforests, which are mainly evergreen forests, are distributed throughout Southeast Asia near the equator, where it rains a lot throughout the year with high temperatures and humidity, and in central South Africa, from Central America to northern South America, and northeast Australia. The rainforest, which is densely populated with trees up to 70m in height, remains unchanged by some degree of destruction, but it is actually very weak nature. Due to the high temperature, organic matter in the soil is rapidly decomposed, and nutrients are quickly absorbed by the trees, so the topsoil containing nutrients is only a few centimeters thick and the soil is poor. That is why some scholars call it the'green desert'. Because the soil is thin, the roots are shallow, and even a 50m tall tree has a depth of less than 1m. The rainforest acts as a huge dam to protect these weak soils. Three-quarters of the rain on the ground is absorbed into the forest and the rest flows into the river. The moisture absorbed by the trees evaporates and rises to the sky and becomes rain again.