Precious Forests Precious Earth

• Other Authors: Zlatic, Miodrag (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2015
• Subjects: Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth. They are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Human society and forests influence each other in both positive...