Description of Forest Resources

1. FOREST
RESOURCES

2. CONTENTS
• Meaning of forest
resources.
• Use of forest resources.
• Over exploitation of
forest resources.
• Importance of forest.

3. WHAT DO YOU
MEAN FOREST
RESOURCES?
• The word forest is derived from
a latin word (foris) which means
outside.
• Forest is one of the most
important natural resources on
the earth.
• Approximately one third of the
earth is covered with forest.

4. USES OF
FOREST
RESOURCES
...

6. OVER EXPLOTATION
OF FOREST
• Forests are overexploited when
they are logged at a rate faster
than reforestation takes place.
Reforestation competes with other
land uses such as food production,
livestock grazing, and living space
for further economic growth.

7. WHAT ARE
IMPORTANCE
OF FOREST
RESOURCES ?