economic uses of forest

Forests provides timber for furniture and buildings Forests provides raw material for paper, board and plywood industry Forests provides fodder for cattle, sheep, goat and other animals Forests provides bamboo which is called poor man's timber h..

Forest Resources - Forests are the most important resource of our globe. Naturally formed forests are found in such parts of globe - where the factors of plant growth have been ideal for several centuries. For this reason, they are mostly found in regions of high rainf..

Forests are the invaluable wealth of a country and a renewable natural resource. They are beneficial to man in several ways. a) Forests provide fuel wood, timber, paper, bamboo, rayon, cane etc. b) Forests also provide a large number of important products such as esse..

. Even the bacteria which cause deadly diseases and food poisoning on one hand help in aiding digestion produce dairy products like milk and yogurt (curds) and help in decomposing huge amounts of waste and dead matter, fertilizing the soil with nitrogen. One of the main aims of conservation is to t..

The Forest Conservation Act 1980 was passed to check the indiscriminate use of forest for other purposes. This act was amended in 1988 which made provisions for dealing with violators. Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972 was re-amended in 1983, 86 and 1991. It provides..

Auxins of various types are used now-a days for certain useful aspects of agricultural practices directly related to economic gains and food producti..

Synthetic auxins have been misused by people. Large scale application of defoliants used in Vietnam to expose the forests, exterminated the wild relatives of economically useful plants such as Citr..

Question: What direct value does a forest have for man? Answer: Forests contribute to the economic development of our country by providing goods and services to the people and industry. They are intimately linked with our culture and civilization. Fore..

Deforestation means clearing of forests to claim land for use by m..

As domestic fuel For street lighting For generation of electricity High calorific value Clean and excellent fuel containing upto 75% methane No residue produced No smoke produced Non - polluting The slurry is periodically removed and used as excellent manure which is rich ..