What is forest?
Large area of uncultivated and uninhabited land comprising variety of vegetations of different heights.
Foris-away from human habitat:
Components of
Biotic : producer consumer Decomposer- And abiotic: sun light: temperature:Humidity: Rain fall , minerals and organic matter and wind
Do we need forest?
Habitats for biodiversity and livelihood for humans
It purifies air “Forests are often referred to as the Earth's lungs”.
Population of
Land area:2.4% of worlds land area
Recorded forest area of the country (FSI,1997): 76.52 million ha
Actual forest cover: 63.33 million ha (19.27-19.6% of Indian geographical area)
World’s Per capita forest area availability:0.64ha
Classification of forests:
Tropics: (24°c)
1) Tropical wet evergreen forest
2) Tropical moist evergreen forest
3) Tropical semi evergreen forest
4) Tropical dry evergreen forest
5) Tropical dry deciduous forest
6) Tropical thorn
Subtropics (17-24°c)
7) Subtropical dry evergreen forest
8) Subtrobical broadleaved forest
9) Subtropical pine
Coastal area and delta(No specific temperature)
10) Littoral and swamp
Temperates :(7-17°c)
11) Montane wet temperate
12)
13)
14) Sub alpine forest
15) Moist alpine scrub
16) Dry alpine scrub
Nature of
Crown density @40%-11.2%
Crown density @70%-6%
What is forestry?
- Science and art of raising the forest
- Scientific Management of forest for continuous production of goods and services
Objects of forestry
Protection forestry
Production forestry
Social forestry
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