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What are the uses of forests? OR Write short note on forest and its uses. |
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Answer» 1. A forest is a natural habitat of plants, animals and microbes. 2. Forest help improve and maintain the quality of environment. 3. Forest helps in prevention of soil-erosion, help to control floods, protects wild life, maintains the balance of atmospheric gases. 4. We get many medicinal plants from forest which help in treatment of various diseases. 5. Examples Adulsa, Bel, Neem, periwinkle, amla tulsi, cinnamon. 6. We also get wood, firewood from trees like teak, mahogani, neem, sababhul. Wood is useful for making furniture, farming implements, in construction work. 7. Forest wealth includes fibres, paper, rubber, gum and aromatic substances. 8. We get fragrant essential oils from lemon grass, vanilla, kewada and eucalyptus. 9. They are used for making soaps, cosmetics and incense sticks. We get various fruits, bulbs, roots, honey, sealing wax, catechu dyes etc. from forest. |
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