Monday, 29 July 2013

Green Forest

Forests provide many social and economic benefits to the communities that regularly interact with them, particularly regional and indigenous communities.

Forests can contribute to sustainable economic growth as well as community development. For example, forests near residential areas provide our large and growing urban population with opportunities for spiritual renewal and strengthening. Within urban areas, forests are planted by community groups to transform degraded areas, reduce wind and noise, and help improve air quality. While in rural regions, farmers plant trees to provide livestock with shelter and to stabilise and improve degraded agricultural land.

Forests have been found to improve the well-being of those who use them for recreation and relaxation. Added benefits can come from observing wildlife and flora in natural habitats.

Forests are important to our ecological, economic and social wellbeing. They provide wood and non-wood products, recreational opportunities and other non-market goods and services such as water and clean air.Forests can have considerable indigenous and cultural heritage values. They are used for education, and their aesthetic values are also highly valued.

Forests are living, they are renewable, and provide a wide range of benefits to all who interact with them.  A tree can be harvested and a new tree grown in its place in the space of a single human lifetime.  The sustainable management of our forests is aimed at ensuring there are enough resources for our generation, while laying the foundations for future generations.

Source :www.forestlearning.edu.au/australian-forests/forestry-landscape/benefits

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