Forests provide immense utilities directly and
indirectly.
Direct benefits:
- 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