Why the forest is important to environmet?
How is a forest ecosystem important to the environment as a whole? The world’s forests have many values. They are home to more than half of all species living on land. Forests also help to slow global warming. Trees help by taking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it as carbon in their wood. They reduce the greenhouse effect. Even after the trees are cut down and used as lumber, the wood continues to store carbon and keep it out of the atmosphere. Forests help regulate local and regional rainfall. Additionally, forests provide crucial sources of food, medicine, clean drinking water, and immense recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits for millions of people. Forests are sources of wood products. In many parts of the world, forests are being rapidly cleared for agriculture or pasture, destructively logged and mined, and degraded by human-set fires. The burning of trees releases the stored carbon back into the atmosphere.
Taking in CO2 and releasing oxygen; Releasing carbon and mineral elements such as nitrogen and phosphorus (important in plant growth) as they decay; Absorbing moisture for growth and releasing it as vapor through transpiration Preventing erosion by reducing the force of rainfall at the soil surface and by intercepting and absorbing water, rather than allowing it to run off directly; Harboring a diversity of wildlife; Acting as windbreaks; Providing us with shade and beauty on a largely agricultural and urban landscape
