Enumerate the importance of forest.

Explanation

(i) Forests are an important component of our environment and are dominated by microorganisms, flowering plants, shrubs, climbers, dense trees and provide a vast habitat for wild animals.
(ii) Forests also contribute to the economic development of our country.
(iii) Forests are vital for human life, it is a source for a wide range of renewable natural resource.
(iv) They provide wood, food, fodder, fibre and medicine.
(v) Forests are major factor of environmental concern. They act as carbon sink, regulate climatic conditions, increase rainfall, reduce global warming, prevent natural hazards like flood and landslides, protect wildlife and also act as catchments for water conservation (vi) They also play a vital role in maintaining the ecological balance.