| 单词 | community forest |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommunity forest community forest n. a forest regarded as a resource for a local community; spec. a forest, usually close to an urban area, created both for recreational purposes and as part of a programme for social, economic, and environmental regeneration. ΚΠ 1909 L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Agric. IV. 127 Schools and towns could be supported by the proceeds of good community forests, at the same time that water-supplies could be conserved, wild animals protected, and the beauty..of the country enhanced. 1943 P. L. Buttrick Forest Econ. & Finance xx. 415 In America..we have national, state, and local public forests, the last usually called community forests. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 July a15 ‘Community forests’ established by the government are beginning to provide wood fuel for the hill people and also are reviving the bond between villagers and their forests that once maintained an ecological balance on the Himalayas. 1995 Independent on Sunday 9 Apr. 7/2 The community forests programme, designed for recreation and economic regeneration, was conceived in the late Eighties and has received strong government backing... It will provide a network of new city forests stretching from Newcastle to Bristol. < as lemmas |
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