Mention the role of forest in conserving the environment .How do forests get depleted
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Role of forest
1. Forests should be conserved as they help in maintaining the ecological balance.
2.Humans & animals directly or indirectly depend on forests for their various needs.
3. Forests provide us various useful products like:-Plywood, fuel wood. They are also the source of rubber, gum and some medicinal products.
4. Forests constitute the natural habitat for a large number of animals.
5. In nature also, forests help in keeping the climate of an area cool, they absorb rain water and helps in prevention of floods.
Reasons for the depletion of forests :-
1. Forests are cleared to make way for farms to raise crops to feed people all over the world.
2. Commercial lumbering removes large tracks of forests to extract timber for local construction needs or for export to earn foreign exchange.
3. Many useful minerals like coal, iron, oil, copper, and tin lie beneath forested ground. To extract these minerals, forests have to be first removed before mining operations can begin.
4. Roads, railways, bridges and canals have to be constructed to enable people and goods to be transported from one part of the country to another. Rests have been cleared to make ways for highways, railway, tracks and even ports and airports.
1. Forests should be conserved as they help in maintaining the ecological balance.
2.Humans & animals directly or indirectly depend on forests for their various needs.
3. Forests provide us various useful products like:-Plywood, fuel wood. They are also the source of rubber, gum and some medicinal products.
4. Forests constitute the natural habitat for a large number of animals.
5. In nature also, forests help in keeping the climate of an area cool, they absorb rain water and helps in prevention of floods.
Reasons for the depletion of forests :-
1. Forests are cleared to make way for farms to raise crops to feed people all over the world.
2. Commercial lumbering removes large tracks of forests to extract timber for local construction needs or for export to earn foreign exchange.
3. Many useful minerals like coal, iron, oil, copper, and tin lie beneath forested ground. To extract these minerals, forests have to be first removed before mining operations can begin.
4. Roads, railways, bridges and canals have to be constructed to enable people and goods to be transported from one part of the country to another. Rests have been cleared to make ways for highways, railway, tracks and even ports and airports.
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Answer 1. Maintain ecological balance
2. Gives oxygen
3. Keeps the area cool
1. Deforestation
2. Extraction of minerals and ore
3. Construction of road and bridge
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