2. Content List
• What is Forestry?
• History
• Forestry In Pakistan
• Advantages of forestry
• Deforestation
• What we can do for Forestation?
3. What is Forestry?
• The science or practice of
planting, managing, and
caring for forests.
• Sustainable Forestry
In sustainable forestry, efforts
are put into replacing almost
all the resources we get from
the forests, whiles extra care is
taken to ensure that there is
very little damage to wildlife
and the natural environment.
4. History
• The preindustrial age has been
dubbed by Werner
Sombart and others as the
'wooden age’ .
• Forestry began in Portugal in
the 13th century when Afonso
III of Portugal planted the
Penhall do Rei near Leiria to
prevent coastal erosion and
soil degradation
5. Forestry In Pakistan
• First large man made
plantation “Changa Manga”
1864.
• Pakistan had 340,000 ha
of planted forest.
• The Billion Tree
Tsunami was launched in
2014, by the government
of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)
6. Advantages of forestry
• Forests and biodiversity are
key to all life forms.
• Watershed(As Amazon) Forests
serve as a watershed.
• Habitat and Ecosystems
Forests serve as a home
(habitat) to millions of
animals.
• Climate Control Climate
control and atmosphere
purification are key for human
existence.
7. Deforestation
• Deforestation is when humans
remove or clear large areas of
forest lands and related
ecosystems for non-forest use.
• To be used, sold or exported as
timber, wood or fuel
(charcoal). This is called
logging.
• To be used for farming
purposes
• To make room for human
settlement and urbanization
8. What we can do for Forestation?
• Join organizations, forest-preservation societies and
pressure groups that aim to help preserve the rest
of our natural resources.
• Teach others about the importance of the
environment and how they can help save
rainforests.
• Restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees on
land where forests have been cut down.
• Encourage people to live in a way that doesn't hurt
the environment.
•
Establish parks to protect rainforests and wildlife.
• Support companies that operate in ways that
minimize damage to the environment.
