ENGLISH FORESTRY PLASENCIA

  HOMEWORK Do you know the reason why your name is your name? Is there a story behind it? Did your parents almost name you something else? Do you know where your name comes from? What does you name mean in that language? Please, add a comment and share all this information with your classmates.

SOME FACTS ABOUT BANYAN TREES SOME FACTS ABOUT MONSTERA PLANTS

DEFINITIONS 1.-Define soil. 2.-Define weathering. 3.-Define horizon. 4.-Define humus. 5.-Define parental material. COMPLETE THIS TEXT ABOUT THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE SOIL Soil performs many critical functions in almost any ecosystem (whether a farm, forest, prairie, marsh, or suburban watershed). There are seven general roles that soils play: a.-serve as engineering media for construction b.-animals that live in the soil       c.-growth of all kinds of plants.   d.-act as a living filter to clean water   e.-process recycled nutrients                      f.-absorb, hold, release, alter, and purify         g.-emitting and absorbing gases Soils serve as media for __________________________________________ Soils modify the atmosphere by __________________________ (carbon...

READING: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PAULA RADCLIFFE LISTENING: AT THE DOCTOR'S

In the article " Agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value in Europe: provision of commercial goods and other ecosystem services " (G. Moreno, S. Aviron, S. Berg, J. Crous-Duran, A. Franca, S. García de Jalón, T. Hartel, J. Mirck, A. Pantera, J. H. N. Palma, et al) it is stated that agroforestry systems can be important from a cultural and economic point of view.  Read some parts of this article and leave your opinion in the comments.  Cultural services In some high nature and cultural value (HNCV) agroforestry systems, the primary objective is the maintenance of an aesthetic landscape of high cultural value and the associated traditional knowledge and potential for tourism and local recreation. The promotion of the HNCV agroforesty could maintain and preserve unique heritages of European culture (Molna ́r et al. 2016) and provide a focus for tourism and recreation. Hunting is frequently more profitable than livestock breeding for some d...