Question
Describe natural resources with reference to the following
Forest resources

Answer

  1. A forest is a natural habitat of plants, animals and microbes.
  2. Forest perform certain specific protective and productive functions.
  3. We get different types of wood and many medicinal plants from forests.
  4. Forest wealth includes fire wood, trees like teak, mahogany, neem, acacia, subabhul, fibers, paper, rubber, gum, aromatic substances.
  5. We get fragrant essential oils from lemon grass, vanilla, kewada, vetiver (khus) and eucalyptus.
  6. Sandalwood and oil of eucalyptus are used for making soaps, cosmetics and incense sticks.
  7. Also we get fruits, bulbs, roots, honey, sealing wax, dyes from forest.
  8. Many medicinal plants adulsa, bel, neem, periwinkle, cinnamon, are used for treatment of various diseases such as cough cold, malaria, diarrhoea, cancer, fever and cold.
  9. Wood is used as a source of energy for cooking purpose and for keeping warm.
  10. For making furniture, tool handles, matches, bridges, boats etc.
  11. Bamboos are used for matting, flooring, basket, ropes, rafts, cots etc.
  12. Bamboos, wood are used in the manufacture of rayon, yams, artificial silk-fibers.

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