Forest Resources

                    Forest Resources

A  forest is a biotic community with a predominance of trees; it is an important renewable resource.

Forests restore oxygen in our atmosphere through photosynthesis and also provide solvents, medicines, fuels, and many other products that are important for our health and comfort.

India is rich in forest resources with a great diversity of flora and fauna.

 

   Importance of Forests

 

Direct Benefits

 

 

•Forests provide timber for construction of buildings and furniture.

•They provide raw material for a number of large- and small-scale industries.

•They provide a variety of edible products for human beings and animals.

•They provide natural habitat to tribal people.

•They make manure and fuel wood available to humans.

•They are an important source of  national income.

•They provide various medicinal plants.

•They increase the beauty of landscape and attract tourists

•They are extremely helpful in generating employment opportunities.

Indirect Benefits

•Forests help in minimizing natural hazards.

•They help in reducing soil erosion and siltation of downstream water bodies.

•They help in reducing desertification and land degradation.

•They help in maintaining biodiversity by providing habitat to wild animals.

•They help in regulating hydrological cycle.

•They help in regulating the gases in atmosphere