NATURAL VEGETATION
IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS
food
recreation
wild life preservation
grazing
environmental protection
support to agriculture
soil/water conservation
*TYPES OF VEGETATION
TROPICAL EVERGREEN 
RAINFALL-MORE THAN 250 CM
DISTRIBUTION-WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WESTERN GHATS,HILLS OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS - 25 C TO 27 C
TREES-1. ROSEWOOD 2.EBONY 3.TOON
TROPICAL DECIDUOUS
rainfall-100-200 cm
DISTRIBUTION-eastern slopes of western ghats,northern states along the foothills of Himalayas
temperature-24 c-27 c
TREES-SAL,TEAK,ARJUN
TROPICAL DESERT
RAINFALL-LESS THAN 50 CM
DISTRIBUTION-HARYANA,U.P,M.P,GUJARAT
TEMPERATURE-**25 C-27 C
TREES-BER,DATE PALM,NEEM
LITTORAL
RAINFALL-MORE THAN 200 CM
DISTRIBUTION-COASTAL AREAS OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ODISHA ,IN SALINE SWAPS OF THE SUNDERBANS IN W.B
TEMPERATURE-26 C-29 C
TREES-SUNDARI,AMUR,BHARA
MOUNTAIN
RAINFALL-100-300CM
DISTRIBUTION-THE HIMALAYAN ZONE
TEMPERATURE=12 C-13 C
TREES-JAMUN,SPRUCE,CEDAR
2.FORESTS PLAY DOMINANT ROLE IN CARBON CYCLE
3.FORESTS HELP IN CONTROLLING SOIL EROSION3.
1.FORESTS ARE THE MEDERATORS
4.FORESTS HELP IN WATER PERCOLATION
OBJRCTIVES :
2.DEVELOPING LOCAL COTTAGE INDUSTRIES BY PROVIDING RAW MATERIALS
1.UTILISING THE AVAILABLE LAND ACCORDING TO ITS PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY
CORERELATION OF THE FOREST WITH ENVIRONMENT-
FORESTS CONSERVATION MEASURES
2.REFORESTATION
3.AGRO FORESTRY
1.AFFORESTATION
4.SOCIAL FORESTRY
OBJECTIVES OF SOCIAL- FORESTRY
USEFUL TERMS
OBJECTIVES OF- AGRO FORESTRY
1.TO CHECK THE SOIL EROSION AND TO MAINTAIN THE NATURAL FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
2.PROPER UTILISATION OF FARM RESOURCES
AGRO -FORESTRY
FARM FORESTRY
DEFORESTATION
REFORESTATION
AFFORESTATION
SOCIAL- FORESTRY
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