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- 2. Types of Forest AlpineForest Coniferous forests Sub-tropical dry forests Tropical thorn forests Irrigated forest Riverian forests Mangrove forest
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- 4. • Trees withstunted growth, due to low temperature and less sunlight. • Normally upward branches to attain maximum sunlight. • Essential to obtain fuel wood only. • Not economically important
- 5. Located in • Chitral, •Swat • Shangal
- 7. Evergreen forests. Conicalin shape, sloping branches which prevent snow accumulation, small thick leathery, needle like leaves to prevent loss of water. Important source of timber Conserving center for birds and wildlife Small thick lathery leaves
- 8. Located in • NorthernAreas • Pakhtoonkhwa • Murree • Balochistan mountains.
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- 12. Located in: • Mardan •Abbottabad • Manserah • Khohat
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- 14. Importance • Low heighted(6-10 meters) • Thorny hardwood • Deep roots • scanty vegetation
- 15. Location • Sindh • plainsof Punjab • western of Baluchistan
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- 17. Importance Firewood Timber• Economically important •Firewood • Timber • Shade
- 18. Location • Changa Manga, •Wan Bachran • Chicha Watni • Near Guddu barrages
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- 20. Importance Wooden furniture Timber • WoodenFurniture • Timber • Economically important • Good commercials value
- 21. Location Mainly found alongwith Indus river and its tributaries
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- 23. Importance • Firewood • Timber •Absorb shock waves • Livestock • Protects from costal erosion
- 24. Location Hub & IndusDelta
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- 26. Causes of Deforestation •Clearingof land •Urbanization •Building of Roads •Industrialization •Overgrazing
- 27. Clearing of land constructionof: • Dams • barrages • Supply of water to crops Clearing of land
- 28. Urbanization • Growth ofpopulation • Lack of land for urban areas • Need of land for business
- 29. Building of roadsin order to have access to the far flung areas has also caused deforestation.
- 30. Industrializat The increase indemand of industries has also caused deforestation as most of the industries require wood as their fuel.
- 31. Overgrazing of landby cattles, sheeps and goats have converted subtropical, and tropical thorn forest areas into deserts.
- 32. • Climate Imbalance •Increase in Global Warming • Soil Erosion • Floods • Wildlife Extinction Effects of Deforestation
- 33. Climate Imbalance Trees alsoprovide the required shade that keeps the soil moist. Flora & fauna across the world are accustomed to their habitat. This haphazard clearance of forests has forced several of these animals to shift from their native environment. Due to this several species are finding it difficult to survive or adapt to new habitats.
- 34. Increase in GlobalWarming Trees play a major role in controlling global warming . The trees utilize the greenhouse gases, restoring the balance in the atmosphere. With constant deforestation the ratio of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased, adding to our global warming woes.
- 35. Soil Erosion Also dueto the shade of trees the soil remains moist. With the clearance of tree cover, the soil is directly exposed to the sun, making it dry.
- 36. Floods When it rains,trees absorb and store large amount of water with the help of their roots. When they are cut down, the flow of water is disrupted and leads to floods in some areas and droughts in other.
- 37. Wildlife Extinction Due tomassive felling down of trees, various species of animals are lost. They lose their habitat and forced to move to new location. Some of them are even pushed to extinction.
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- 39. The Billion TreeAfforestation Project in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province was launched in 2014. It surpassed its target by restoring and planting trees in 350,000 hectares of degraded forest landscapes. Trees have been planted over 209,008 hectors. Sowing of new trees have been done on 23,096 hectors. Protected enclosures have been set on 4,509 hectors and 153.51 million trees have been distributed free of cost.
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