Forests are rightly called the lungs of the earth. They’re the most crucial section of our ecosystem and are pivotal in maintaining the balance in the foodstuff cycle and the natural equilibrium on the planet. They are a habitat for wildlife and trees and some of the rarest of rare animals and plants on earth.
Forests are rightly called while the lungs of the earth. They are the most crucial section of our ecosystem and are pivotal in maintaining the foodstuff cycle’s total amount and the natural equilibrium on the planet. Forests cover almost 31% of the top of the earth.
They are a habitat for not just wildlife and trees but and for a number of the rarest of rare animals and plants on earth. Man has been utilizing the resources of forests for tens of thousands of years. Around the forest has provided man with his livelihood, man hasn’t given back to the forest as much as he should have.
Let’s understand just why the forest is necessary. Forests are home to numerous wild animals like elephants, tiger, lion, cheetah, rhinoceros, wolves, etc., which will otherwise become extinct when made to live without forests. And these animals are of utmost importance for a healthier food cycle.
Whether carnivorous or herbivores or omnivorous, each animal needs to play its part in maintaining this food cycle, any disturbance in the cycle will result in a ripple effect that will affect the meals chain, ultimately resulting in the extinction of animals and human beings.
Secondly, forests provide resources like wood, nutrients, rare timber, food, fuel, and a great deal more to people because of their survival. But as man evolved and his mental horizon expanded, he started benefiting from some other resources that forests provided us with, including cutting down forest land for agriculture purposes.
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