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प्रश्न
List some direct and indirect advantages from forests.
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उत्तर
Direct Advantages :
- Forests provide timber for construction purposes, furniture, toys, railway sleepers, sports goods, and wood carving ; and softwood, bamboo, and grass for pulp, paper, and plywood.
- Forests also provide products such as fruits, flowers, medicinal herbs and plants, beeswax, honey, turpentine oil, lac, and resin.
- Forests provide fodder for cattle.
- Forests are a shelter or natural habitat for wildlife.
- Forests are major tourist attractions.
Indirect Advantages :
- Forests moderate the temperature of a place.
- Forests protect the land from soil erosion by reducing the flow of floodwaters.
- Forests help in increasing soil fertility by providing humus.
- Forests help in increasing water vapour in the atmosphere, thereby helping in cloud formation that causes rainfall.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Where would you find the following in India:
Royal Bengal tiger
Write short notes on :
Mountain or Alpine forest
Write short notes on :
Afforestation or Vana Mahotsava
Define with example:
Biosphere reserve.
Fill in the blank:
The total forest area in India was at __________ percent in 2015.
Fill in the blanks:
There are ________ wildlife sanctuaries and ________ national parks in India.
In which of the following states, a very high percentage of its forests is managed by local communities?
We need to conserve our forests and wildlife ______.
On the given Map of India, locate and label the following:
Pune Software Technology Park.
Which of the following options represent potential measures that can be taken to mitigate the threats posed on the tiger population and biodiversity?
- Banning hunting, giving legal protection to their habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife.
- Prohibiting the visit of public into forest area.
- Establishing wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks.
- Converting forests into Reserved and Protected forests.
