“Forests Of The World” is an international field recording project aiming to capture the sound of forests around the world.

Forests Of The World

Recorded at February 2006 in the Peruvian amazon rainforest not to far away from Iquitos. I was a guest at the forest settlement of shaman Norma Panduro. The recording was captured before dawn, a relatively quiet moment in this forest.

Forests Of The World: Jaromir Ralph Koper - Amazon Rainforest - South America

Sounds from forest and swamp. You can hear crickets, frogs, cuckoos, pheasants and more interesting animals.

Forests Of The World: Gabor Kerekes - Oroshaza Forest - Hungary

Forests Of The World: Atilio Doreste - Bosco Di Ficuszza - Italy

A broad, rocky escarpment splits the Sonoran Desert from the Colorado Plateau, dividing Arizona and western New Mexico along a northwest to southeast line.  This escarpment, known as the Mogollon Rim, contains one of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine stands in the world.  A warming climate has meant more frequent droughts in this part of the world, which has resulted in several massive wildfires that have collectively burned more than 1 million acres of pine and fir woodlands.  Many of these forest stands were killed; some are being replaced by aspen, and some will likely start to become shrub lands.  We are seeing a big change in this forest.
In June of last year, I camped out in a small patch of surviving pine and fir, surrounded by the skeletons of dead trees and thickets of 4-year-old aspens.  I was near a large beautiful meadow that attracted elk and coyotes in the evenings.  The recording, Vanishing Forest, is a dawn recording of hermit thrush, American robins, hairy woodpeckers, several warblers, chickadees, nuthatches and red squirrels.  Even in this area of rapidly changing habitats, wildlife finds a way to survive.

Forests Of The World: Christine Hass - Mogollon Rim - Arizona - USA

Forests Of The World: Tomas Senkyrik - Placek - Czech Republic

Forests Of The World: Martina Testen - Slovenia

Nature soundscapes for relaxation, focus and meditation.

Forests Of The World: Jaromir Ralph Koper - Amazon Rainforest - South America

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