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Question
Explain in your own words why forests are important for the people living in forests?
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Solution
For people living in forests, forests are very important. Forest is an important resource. Forest provides firewood to be used as kitchen fuel. Forest provides different fruits and edible roots. Forest provides medicinal plants. Many forest products are used to make useful articles which Eire sold in the market. The life of Adivasis entirely depends on forests.
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