LUNGS OF

FORESTS
Amika Kansal
IV A
WHAT IS A FOREST?
 A forest can be defined as a region with
a high density of trees.
 Forest is the habitat for a variety of
living beings including plants, animals
and microorganisms.
 It can also be explained as a large area
thickly covered with different varieties
of trees and plants.
 Trees and Plants
 Trees and plants give us clean water to drink, air to
breathe, shade and food to humans, animals and plants.
 They provide habitats for numerous species of fauna and
flora, firewood for cooking and heat, materials for
buildings and places of spiritual, cultural and recreational
importance.
 Other than Plants
Other than trees, forest consist of a wide
variety of mosses, algae, fungi, insects,
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, etc.
First, the known forest arose in the Devonian
period. A forest consists of a large number of
fern-like and tree-like plants of Archaeopteris.
 IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS
 Provide Oxygen
 Reduce global warming
 Regulate climate and
temperature
 Mitigate natural hazards
like food
 Source of multiple food
items and material
 Sound and pollution
absorber
 Keep balance in ecosystem
 Place to connect with nature
 Source to study nature and
its elements
 Home to many animals
 CLIMATE CYCLE
 They produce large quantities of oxygen and take in carbon
dioxide.
 Large