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ubiquitous and highly destructive wild goats and cattle, are 

 prominent features in the preservation of Hawaii's beautiful 

 native forests. The forest is unusually susceptible to injury and 

 deterioration, and any harm to it irreparably affects the rich 

 undergrowth as well. There are few places in the world where 

 the imperative necessity of forest conservation is as strikingly 

 demonstrated as in the forested mountains of the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



