write short notes on: " Utilization and conservation of forest resources"
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The forest of a country is a natural asset of immense value. Nature has endowed Assam with rich potential for the development of forest. In no other parts of the world with comparable climatic, geomorphological and edaphic condition such diversity of flora and fauna exists as they do in Assam. Of the total geographical area of the state (78,523 sq. km.), the area under forest is only 22 per cent which is far below the minimum norms of 33.3 per cent prescribed by the national forest policy. The process of exploitation was relatively slow in earlier periods but rapid increase of population from different neighboring states and countries it has been speed up creating serious problem of survival for humans. The destruction of forest is one of the burning problem of Assam which has led to increased soil erosion, loss of fertility and perhaps even to changes in the climate. Wildlife has also fallen prey to extinction due to deforestation. Conservation in the background of rapid decline in forestry and wildlife has become essential. In this paper, therefore an attempt has been made to study the spatial distribution of forest and to appraise the change in the forest cover. Of course, the paper will further highlight the importance and methods of conservation of forest resources.