Types of Forestry Resources

Types of forestry resources

1. Timber For making furniture and constructional works or match making for pit pups and making of wood pulp for manufacturing new prints and crayon
2. Raisins and gum Are obtained from tree balks
3. Fiber materials For different uses such as shifting for upholstery cushions etc
4. Oil from nuts Can be processed for vegetable oil
5. Fruits and flowers For human and animal consumptions
6. Medical plants including the castor oil plant, salsa papilla, cinchona that are used for making genuine

Ways of obtaining forest resources

Uncontrolled method

Plant cover is removed over an extensive area and leave the land open unreliable to erosion agents i.e. using fires, shifting cultivation, deforestation.

Controlled method

Are governed by government directions, which discourage the use of fire and encourage sustainable development of forests for the benefits of the people and the creatures that inhabit such places. They include reforestation i.e planting trees to replace harvested forest resources.