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                                                                                                        How are forests useful to us?                                                                                                                     

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Forests are useful to us in the following ways :

(i) Plants release oxygen that we breathe and absorb carbon dioxide.

(ii) The roots of the plants bind the soil and thus, they control soil erosion.

(iii) Forests provide us with timber for furniture, fuel wood, fodder, medicinal plants and herbs, lac, honey, gum, etc.

(iv) Forests are the natural habitat of the wild life.