Question

Why is conservation of forests necessary in our country?

Answer 1

Conservation is the ethic of resource use. It mainly deals with protection and maintenance of health of the natural world like forests, wildlife, aquatic life, soil etc. Forests provide immense utilities directly and indirectly.

Direct benefits of forests:

• Provide home for indigenous life
  
• Sustain ecological balance and biodiversity
  
• Provide a huge variety of commercial and food products
  
• Help in the sustenance of tribal people
  

Indirect benefits:

• Check soil erosion
  
• Increase soil fertility
  
• Increase rainfall
  
• Reduce pollution by releasing oxygen and taking carbon dioxide
  
• Flood control
  
• Checks spread of deserts