ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary production of the Earth’s biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth’s plant biomass. More items

Detailed explanation-2: -Forests are the example of Natural Ecosystems. Ecosystems comprise of all living and non-living species in a specific local environment. Natural ecosystem is the result of interactions between environment and organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The forest cover is broadly classified in 4 classes, namely very dense forest, moderately dense forest, open forest and mangrove. The classification of the cover into dense and open forests is based on internationally adopted norms of classification.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition: Those ecosystems that have a tree crown density (crown closure percentage) of 10% or more and are stocked with trees capable of producing timber or other wood products. This includes land from which trees have been removed to less than 10%, but which have not been developed for other uses.

Detailed explanation-5: -Forests contain 80% of the Earth’s biomass. 31% of the land is covered by the forests in the whole world. In India, about 18 to 24% of the land is covered by the forest. The land under forest cover in India is about 6, 77, 088 square kilometres.