DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
URBAN FORESTRY
Question
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Lumber
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Wood
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Products
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Pulpwood
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Detailed explanation-1: -Forests provide wood, timber, raw materials, vegetables, and fruits, which have significant economic value. The timber is used in construction and making furniture. Wood is also essential in the production of paper. The rubber extracted from trees is used to make several products.
Detailed explanation-2: -Forests provide raw materials for a number of industries, viz.. broom making, silkworm rearing, lac, toy making, leaf plate making, sawmills, match, plywood, paper and pulp, pencil making, tea chest, fiberboard, chipboard, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wood, by far the dominant product of forests, is used for many purposes, such as wood fuel (e.g. in form of firewood or charcoal) or the finished structural materials used for the construction of buildings, or as a raw material, in the form of wood pulp, that is used in the production of paper.