Name: Flood: Natural Disaster
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Description: Natural disasters are major adverse events resulting from a natural process on earth. Flood is also one of these. Let's explore more!

Question

Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?

Accepted Answer

A forest is an area of land having plants such as trees, shrubs and grasses. Factors associated with forests are tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological functioning etc. We should preserve forests because of the following reasons:

Soil erosion is prevented by the forests.

Forests provide habitat to many animals.

Forests provide us with oxygen that we breathe in to burn food for the release of energy stored in it.

Various raw materials for industries are directly or indirectly obtained from the forests.

Forests are a good source of medicines, herbs, raisin, gums, etc.

Maintain water-cycle by bringing rain fall.

Wildlife traditionally refers to uncultivated plants and non-domesticated animals which live in their natural habitat collectively constitute the wildlife of an area without being in contact with humans. We should preserve the wildlife because:

Wildlife animals also maintains the forests by facilitating growth of plants in different places by dispersing seeds.

Maintenance of the ecological balance of nature.

Some species of wildlife are at the point of extinction and some are extinct.

Wild animals and plants are the consistent element of the nature.

Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?

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