Forest services

Forest Services include the control of the flow of water in streams and rivers .Forest cover reduces the surface run-off of rainwater and allows ground water to be stored.Forests also prevent the erosin of soil.Once soil is lost by erison ,it can take thousands of years to re-form.Forests also regulate the local temperature .It is cooler and moister under the shade of the trees in forest .Most importantly forests absorb carbon dioxide and release the oxygen that we breath.
The wild relatives of our crop plants and fruit trees have special characterestics in their ganes,whicha are used to develop new crops and newer varieties of fruit.These newer varieties ,developed form wild relatives,give greater yields or are more resiistant to diseases .New industrial products are being produced from the wild plants of the forest .Many of our new medicins come from wild plants