It was an absolute blackness, the color behind closed eyes under forest on a moonless night.
This demand for fuel wood will not come down but the area under forest will reduce further due to the growing population and increasing human activities.
A large area was under forest, the produce of which provided a small export trade.
Under mature coniferous forest further changes in soil properties occur.
Regosols in mountain areas are best left under forest.
Selangor is the most developed state in Malaysia but it still retains approximately 30% of its land cover under natural forest.
About 53% of the total area is under forest cover, mainly coniferous and broadleaf species.
Adults weigh 400-580 g and nest in 1-3 m long burrows under dense forest.
These dunes were fixed about a century ago by and lie now covered under low forest.
The total area under forest (4.66 percent) is much less as compared to state average which is barely around 7 percent.