Natural forests provide local people with a vareity of products,if the forest is used carefully .Over exploitation for fuelwood or timber,and conversion to monoculture plantation for timber or other products,impovereshies the local people as the economic benifit useually accures to people who live elsewhere .The entire resource base ,on which local people have traditionally survived generations ,is rapidly destroyed .Eventually ,the forest is completely degrated .
Natural forest Ecosystems play an important role in controlling local climate and water regimes .It is a well-known fact that it is cooler under the canopy of a natural forest than it is cooler than outside the forest .
Monday, September 14, 2009
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