Since the dawn of time, the wonderous masses of trees have attracted humans, who have also generally decreased the amount of forests worldwide.
Only 20% of the world's original forests remain intact in large tracts.
Just 30 minutes away from the Kyoto city center, the Sagano Bamboo Forest wonderfully contrasts the surrounding urban area. The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been given a governmentally recognized status.
The forest in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in northwest Madagascar. The Tsingys are karstic plateaus, in which groundwater has undercut the elevated uplands, gouging caverns and fissures into the limestone.
Located between the provinces of Alva and Vizcaya in the Basque Country, the Otzaretta Forest is arguably the most beautiful in Europe.
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The World's Most Haunted Forest is located outside Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and is often refered to as the Bermuda Triangle of Dracula country. It has long had a reputation for intense paranormal activity and unexplained events.
A woman takes pictures of wild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April turning the forest completely blue, in the Hallerbos, also known as the "Blue Forest," near the Belgian city of Halle.
A kelp forest in California. Kelp forests are recognized as one of the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on Earth.
The Alley of the Baobabs on a dirt road between Morondava and Belo'i Tsiribihina in Madagascar.
These are forests from within tropical or subtropical mountainous environments, where conditions allow for a consistent cover of clouds.
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