What is the importance of forest as a resource?

Forests are important in various manners which can be explained as follows:

i) Forests provides various natural resources which are important for livelihood of common people such as wood, lac, medicinal plants, bamboo, fruits etc.

ii) Forests play an important role in maintaining the balance of carbon dioxide and Oxygen gas in the nature.

iii) Forests support agriculture by being a contributor in bringing the rain through transpiration process. Trees facilitate recharge of groundwater because roots make the soil porous.

iv) Forests play an important role during floods by preventing the erosion of soil topmost layer due to water or air.

v) Forests acts as a raw material source for industrialists.