Answer:
Some
advantages of forests are
1. They reduce flooding by intercepting run off and encouraging water
infiltration. Thus they improve water quality by slowing the rate at which
rainfall run off flows into rivers.
2. They provide fallen leaves to feed the soil and aquatic
organisms.
3. They improve groundwater quality by increasing the
amount of rainfall runoff that percolates into the soil and replenishes our
main source of drinking water and by breaking down or capturing toxins.
4. They improve air quality, especially in summer, by
lowering temperatures, filtering dust and absorbing ozone, carbon monoxide,
sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, airborne ammonia and heavy metals and by
releasing oxygen.
5. They help counteract the greenhouse effect and global
climate change by taking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it in the
form of wood.
6. They reduce soil erosion and help the soil recuperate
where trees are planted.
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