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Explain the importance of protecting the forest ecosystem with reference to the following:(20 marks) (a)climate change (b)biodiversity (c)biotechnology (d)water conservation (e)pollution

      

Explain the importance of protecting the forest ecosystem with reference to the following:(20 marks)

(a)climate change
(b)biodiversity
(c)biotechnology
(d)water conservation
(e)pollution

  

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samuel
(a)climate change

- Promote(regular) rainfal1/precipitation/prevent deserti?cation

- Keeps biogeochemical cycles going e.g. hydrological, carbon

- Act as wind breakers

- Keep earth temperatures cool/reduce global warming; nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur cycles

(b)biodiversity

- Conserve diverse ?ora/ fauna

- Conserve genetic variety

- Prevent extinction of rare species

- Source of research/employment

- Aesthetic/attracting tourism in foreign exchange

- Have impact on culture/religion/politics

- Food and shelter for other organisms and man

- Source of oxygen

(c)biotechnology

- Manufacture of medicines/directly used as medicinal

- Source of food/food products

- Provide fuel (when regulated)

- Provide paper and related by-products (When regulated)

- Provide timber (when regulated)

- Products used in other industries e.g. tannin, Wax, rubber, oil, honey

(d)water conservation

- Increased ground water/high water tables

- Adds into rivers-/lakes/permanency in existing Water bodies/ reservoirs

- Water towers/water catchment

(e)pollution.

- Minimize soil pollution/ensuring cover against surface run-off/ wind erosion/denudation

- Trees/vegetation clean the soil surface by absorbing nutrients from decomposed matter e. g. sewage

- Large scale clean-up of polluted air/dust

- Mu?ie noise pollution
lemass answered the question on January 16, 2019 at 08:08


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