Question

List some direct and indirect advantages from forests.

Answer 1

Direct Advantages :

1. 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.
2. Forests also provide products such as fruits, flowers, medicinal herbs and plants, beeswax, honey, turpentine oil, lac, and resin.
3. Forests provide fodder for cattle.
4. Forests are a shelter or natural habitat for wildlife.
5. Forests are major tourist attractions.

Indirect Advantages :

1. Forests moderate the temperature of a place.
2. Forests protect the land from soil erosion by reducing the flow of floodwaters.
3. Forests help in increasing soil fertility by providing humus.
4. Forests help in increasing water vapour in the atmosphere, thereby helping in cloud formation that causes rainfall.