Enumerate the importance of forest.

Explanation

• Forests are the important component of our environment.
• There are microorganisms, flowering plants, shrubs, climbers and dense trees in the forest.
• Forests provide a vast habitat for wild animals.
• Forests help for the economic development of our country.
• Forests are the source for a wide range of renewable natural resource.
• Forests provide wood, food, fodder, fibre and medicine.
• They act as carbon sink, regulate climatic conditions, increase rainfall and reduce global warming
• The natural hazards like flood and landslides are prevented.
• Wild life is protected.
• It acts as a catchment for water conservation.
• Forests maintain the ecological balance.