Why have forest reserves been established?

Hint: Forests are the Earth's primary terrestrial ecosystem and are scattered all over the world. Forests account for 75 percent of the Earth's biosphere's gross primary output and produce 80 percent of the plant biomass of the Earth.

Complete Answer:
- A forest reserve is a protected forest area of significance to wildlife, flora, fauna or geological or other characteristics of special interest that is reserved and maintained for conservation purposes and offers special opportunities for study or research. As a conservation scheme, they have been created.
- By protecting a forest, the animals living in it are indirectly protected. It also protects not only wildlife, but the area's plant species as well.It is an ideal method for maintaining plants and animals without rehabilitating them.
- For example Sariska National Park was declared a reserved forest in 1955, yeah upgraded to the status of a wildlife century in 1958, becoming a Tiger reserve in 1978. In protected forests, all activities are permitted unless it is prohibited.
- Forest protected areas help conserve ecosystems that provide habitat, commercial, food, raw materials, genetic materials, a barrier against disasters, a stable source of resources and many other ecosystem goods and services and this can have an important role in helping species, people and countries adapt in climate. The forest reserves are established with the vision to protect the forest from human exploitation.

The main purpose they serve are:
1. Protect the natural habitat of wildlife.
2. Supporting deforestation by planting new trees
3. Maintenance of biodiversity richness.
4. Improvement in the texture of soil.
5. Undertake reforestation.

Note: Reserves allow individuals to learn and understand how forest environments work when timber and other wood products usually harvested for human use remain in place. Although it is vital that the vast majority of forests are open to the sustainable harvesting of wood products in order to benefit human society, it is equally important that parts of our forested environments be retained in a situation where all components of the ecosystem remain in place.