Every country needs to maintain 33 % of its land space as forests. List the significance of forests.
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Significance of forests :
1. Forests provide the wildlife shelter and a living.
2. Forests bear many flowers, fruits and roots which are suitable for human consumption.
3. Forests hold both the top and underground soil firmly and prevent soil erosion.
4. Wood from the forests is a great requirement in the production of furniture and in the building of wooden houses.
5. Forests covering a large area promote perfect seasonal rains through their vast amounts of transpiration.
6. Forests help in large scale exchange of gases and thence, demote the levels of air pollution.
7.Many useful drugs and alkaloids are extracted from the forests.
8.Forests promote biodiversity to a great extent.
9.Forests enhance the rate of decomposition, formation of soil and hence maintain the ecological services.
10. Either directly or indirectly, forests bless a large crowd with employment.