Human being depend on forest from “cradle to grave”. Forest gives us both tangible and intangible benefits. Very small issue like “habitatof Dove” or a very big issue like “global worming” is directly related with forest. But we, the human being with our over increasing demand deforesting this valuable recourse very rapidly. Since the beginning of the 20thcentury, population growth has been increasing year by year. The world population is now 6453million (UScensus bureau, 11 July 2005). Unsustainable consumption and production pattern, coupled with rapid population growth, are making their toll on the environment. More people are using more resources with more intensity and leaving a bigger “footprint” on the earth than ever before. A rapidly growing global consumer class is using recourse at an unprecedented rate, with an impact far greater than their numbers. Farmers, ranchers, loggers and developers have cleared about half of the world’s original forests (UNFPA press summary, 2004).
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