Write about the utility of forest

Utility of forests: • Forests are useful to man in several ways. • Timber wood from teak and sal is used for making furniture. • Boats are prepared from the wood of Sundari trees of Sunderban. • Sports goods and packing boxes are made from the wood of pine and chid trees. • Turpentine is made from the liquid of chid trees. • Sandalwood tree is used to prepare perfumed oil, cosmetics, etc. • Forests also provide lac (sealing wax), resin, gum, rubber, honey, cane,etc. • They also provide several plants that have medicinal value. These plants are used in making ayurvedic medicines. Amla (embolic myrobalan), baheda, harde, ashwagandha, etc. are a few such plants. • Leaves of Khakhra tree are used to make plates and bowls and that of timru to make bidis. • We also get catechu from kher trees. • Forests provide livelihood and food to people who live in an around forests. • Thus, forests provide a great contribution in the social and economic development of mankind.

• • • • Although trees are the largest, most productive organisms in forests, the forest ecosystem is much more than a population of trees growing on the land. Forests also provide habitat for a host of other species of plants, along with numerous animals and microorganisms. Most of these associated species cannot live anywhere else; they have an absolute requirement of forested habitat. Often that need is very specific, as when a bird species needs a particular type of forest, in terms of tree species, age, and other conditions. For example, Kirtland’s warbler ( Dendroica kirtlandii) is an endangered species of bird that only nests in stands of jack pine ( Pinus banksiana) of a particular age and density in northern Michigan. This songbird does not breed in any other type of forest, including younger or older stands of jack pine. Similarly, the endangered spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis) only occurs in certain types of old-growth conifer forests in western North America. These same old-growth forests also sustain other species that cannot exist in younger stands, for example, certain species of lichens, mosses, and liverworts. Usually, however, the many species occurring in forests have a broader ecological tolerance, and they may in fact require a mosaic of different habitat types. In eastern North America, for example, white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) do well in a mixture of habitats. They require access to relatively young, successional stands with abundant...

Protecting, Restoring, and Reforesting the Lungs of the Planet Forests are home to 80% of the species that live on land. From protecting • In the United States, The Nature Conservancy is working to protect the most diverse temperate forests on Earth in the • We are • In the American South, we are working to restore 8 million acres of • In the • In Brazil, in the • In the craggy • Science is critical to inform how we can best achieve healthy forests. Through research and resources such as the Improving Forest Policies and Funding All of these efforts to help the forests that improve our lives can get energized by government engaging with supportive policies and funding. We work around the globe to provide science, know-how, and investments to create better outcomes for citizens and businesses through policy engagement. The Nature Conservancy was instrumental in helping pass the " Forests Offer Our Biggest Natural Climate Solution Climate change is happening all over the world, threatening the well-being of people and wildlife. But nature itself offers a solution. By storing carbon in growing trees, and other natural systems such as farms and coastal wetlands, we can accomplish one-third of the emission reductions needed by 2030 to keep global temperature increases below 1.5°. Forests provide most of that carbon-storage opportunity, and The Nature Conservancy has projects around the world that are putting this solution to work. • The Nature Conservancy is developing new fina...

Branch of forestry Forest management is a Definition [ ] The forest is a natural system that can supply different products and services. Forests supply water, The working of this system is influenced by the natural environment: climate, topography, soil, etc., and also by human activity. The actions of humans in forests constitute forest management. [ citation needed] Some forests have been and are managed to obtain traditional forest products such as firewood, fiber for paper, and timber, with little thinking for other products and services. Nevertheless, as a result of the progression of environmental awareness, management of forests for multiple use is becoming more common. Public input and awareness [ ] There has been increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. [ citation needed] Public concern regarding forest management may have shifted from the extraction of timber for economic development, to maintaining the flow of the range of ecosystem services provided by forests, including provision of habitat for Many tools like remote sensing, Wildlife considerations [ ] The abundance and diversity of birds, mammals, amphibians and other wildlife are affected by strategies and types of forest management. conservation and utilization of the forest resources. Approximately 50 million hectares (or 24%) of European forest land is protected for biodiversity and landscape protection. Forests allocated for soil, water, and other ecosystem ser...