Forest Conservation
                     FOREST 
CONSERVATION
INTRODUCTION
• Forest conservation as the name suggests is the 
preservation and the protection of forests. It also 
involves the reversal of deforestation and 
environmental pollution. 
• The preservation of all natural resources is absolutely 
essential for the balance of our ecosystem.
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IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS 
CONT.
• Forests also prevent soil erosion and keep soil pollution 
in check. Deforestation, in fact, leads to soil erosion on 
a large scale since the topsoil comes loose.
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WAYS TO CONSERVE THE 
FOREST
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CONTROLLED DEFORESTATION
• While deforestation cannot be avoided completely, we 
must look to control it. Young and immature trees 
should not be felled as far as possible. 
• We must look to avoid large-scale commercial 
deforestation as well. Adapting practices such as clear-
cutting or selective cutting will be beneficial in the long 
run.
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PROTECT AGAINST FOREST 
FIRES
• Forest fires are the most common and deadly cause of 
loss of forests. They can start due to natural causes or 
can be accidents caused by man or even intentional in 
some cases. 
• Once a fire spreads in a forest it is very difficult to 
control. Precautions must be taken for such incidents. 
Making fire lanes, spreading chemicals to control fire, 
clearing out dry leaves and trees etc.
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AFFORESTATION
• This is the process by which we plant more trees in the 
area. We try to increase the forest cover by manual 
transplantation, or fresh plantation of trees. 
• It is an attempt to balance our ecosystem to reduce the 
effects of deforestation and environmental pollutions of 
all types.
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BETTER FARMING PRACTICES
• Slash and burn farming, overgrazing by cattle, shifting 
agriculture are all farming practices that are harmful to 
the environment and particularly to forests. We must 
keep all these practices under control.
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FACTORS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
DEFORESTATION
•  Rapid growth of population in the developing 
countries.
• Extension of agricultural and grazing lands.
• Rising demand for lumber, timber, paper, pulp, fuel-
wood and charcoal, and other forest products.
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CONSEQUENCES OF 
DEFORESTATION
• Soil erosion,
• Floods,
• Desertification,
• Loss of biodiversity,
• Decrease in forest products like fruits, nuts, medicinal 
plants, wood and timber,
• Drying up of springs in the mountains,
• Alteration in the rate of albedo
• Spread of certain diseases because of global warming
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