People living around the _____ use them for a variety of purposes for food, wood, tools, fuel, grazing animals, worship, solitude etc.
People began life on this planet as forest dwellers. They were food gatherers and depended on the forest for all their needs: food, clothing, and shelter. They gradually became food growers, clearing a small patch in the forest to grow food. But they continued to depend on forests to meet a lot of their needs. Even today people depend on forest for paper, timber, wood, tools, fuel, fodder, grazing animals, worship, solitude etc. Forests have deeply affected the spiritual and religious life of people living within them or near by.