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| − | Jangal-e Abr, or The Abr Forest, is called the cloud forest due to its ecological makeup. Cloud forests are usually consisted of subtropical temperature with constant hanging fog, or clouds, that sit at canopy level. [http://www.canopyintheclouds.com/learn/] | + | Jangal-e Abr, or The Abr Forest, is called the cloud forest due to its ecological makeup which is known as tropical montane cloud forest. Cloud forests are usually consisted of subtropical temperature with constant hanging fog, or clouds, that sit at canopy level. Due to its unique position of being always being covered in moisture by low hanging clouds, tropical montane cloud forests have special, unique microclimates. The slightest change to the region in which the forest sits can have huge consequences to the rest of the plants and animals living in the area.[http://www.canopyintheclouds.com/learn/] |
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Revision as of 07:46, 22 May 2013
The Abr Forest, or جنگل ابر (Jangle Amshee,) is located 250 miles west of Iran's capital city, Tehran. When translated into English, Jangle-Abr means 'The Cloud Forest.' One of the few regions to house such a climate, the Abr
Ecological Makeup
Jangal-e Abr, or The Abr Forest, is called the cloud forest due to its ecological makeup which is known as tropical montane cloud forest. Cloud forests are usually consisted of subtropical temperature with constant hanging fog, or clouds, that sit at canopy level. Due to its unique position of being always being covered in moisture by low hanging clouds, tropical montane cloud forests have special, unique microclimates. The slightest change to the region in which the forest sits can have huge consequences to the rest of the plants and animals living in the area.[2]
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Talks of Road Expansion
In the summer of 2012, Iranian environmental activists took to the streets to protest talks of road expansion and construction on the Abr Forest. The Enviornment Organization of Iran approved cuts throughout the forest to create a road to ease commutes to surrounding towns. The Organization claims that "rarely [trees] more than 15 cm in diameter" will be touched, and that they planned a route for the road that affects the forest as little as possible. [3]
Protestors rejected those claims and pointed to the fact that there were already five roads that helped commuters get to the main destinations and that any construction of this nature would "upset the ecological balance of the region." [4] Activists also push that the main reason the roads were approved on is due to "campaign promises [and that they need to] satisfy the interests of land mongers and the lumber mafia." [5]