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Question
State two reasons why tropical evergreen forests are difficult to exploit.
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Solution 1
Tropical evergreen forests are difficult to exploit because of these forests are dense with many plants and climbers tangled to each other in these forests. Secondly, the lack of transport means to travel deep into these forests has made their trees difficult to be used commercially.
Solution 2
- Tangled Vegetation and Dense Growth: These forests have a thick, multilayered canopy with massive trees covered in creepers, epiphytes, and dense undergrowth. The forest floor is generally gloomy and wet, making it difficult to down trees or clear roads.
- Mixed Stand of Tree Species: Unlike temperate forests, where a single species grows over a large region, tropical evergreen forests are exceedingly diverse. Pure stands of a single species are uncommon; therefore, woodcutters must travel long distances to gather enough trees of the same commercial type, making extraction costly and inefficient.
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