Conservation is the ethic of resource use. It
mainly deals with protection and maintenance of health of the natural world
like forests, wildlife, aquatic life, soil etc. Forests provide immense utilities directly and
indirectly.
Direct benefits of forests:
- Provide home for indigenous life
- Sustain ecological balance and biodiversity
- Provide a huge variety of commercial and food
products
- Help in the sustenance of tribal people
Indirect benefits:
- Check soil erosion
- Increase soil fertility
- Increase rainfall
- Reduce pollution by releasing oxygen and taking
carbon dioxide
- Flood control
- Checks spread of deserts