What is
the importance of forestry?
Forestry is the science and art of creating, managing,
using and reusing, conserving, and repairing of forests, woodlands,
and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is
practicing in plantations and natural stands. The science of forestry has
elements that belong to the biological, physical, social, political and managerial
sciences. And also, the forestry is provided lot of services
Modern
forestry generally embraces a broad range of concerns, in what is known as
multiple-use management, including:
Protect Environment and Climate Fuel wood
Wildlife habitat
Natural water quality management
Recreational use Landscape and community protection
Employment
Aesthetically appealing landscapes
Biodiversity management Watershed
management
Erosion control
Preserving
forests as "sinks" for atmospheric carbon
dioxide
A
practitioner and study of forestry is known as a forester.
Other common terms are: a silviculturalist. Silviculture is
narrower than forestry, being concerned only with forest plants, but is often
used synonymously with forestry.
Forest
ecosystems have come to be seen as the most important component of the biosphere, and
forestry has emerged as a vital applied
science, Art and technology.
Forestry
is an important economic segment in various industrial countries. For example,
in Germany, forests cover nearly a third of the land area, wood is the
most important renewable-resource,
and forestry supports more than a million jobs and about €182 billion of value
to the German economy each year.
And
also in India forest contribute in nation GDP aprox. 2.5 percent.
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