15 IMPORTANCE OF FOREST IN OUR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT IN MOROGORO

 

In order to achieve equity and poverty alleviation objectives, effective forest conservation policies should not only be informed by the potential for carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection, but also by the distribution of costs and benefitsof forest conservation among stakeholders at different spatial scales.
Understanding the spatial variation in the (opportunity) costs and benefits of conserving ecosystem services, conditioned by factors such as resource availability and population density  can help to define priority areas where limited budgets for forest and biodiversity conservation would have highest overall benefits . This is especially relevant for the montane and sub‐montane forests of the EAM in Tanzania, where the benefits of protection of rare and endangered species could render extraction uses of these forests problematic. However, effective mechanisms for realizing stakeholder benefits and their possible redistribution on fairness grounds have to be in place, if forest conservation policies are to be feasible and equitable. The distributional effects of conservation will depend on who is considered to be a stakeholder and how much they gain or lose under a conservation policy.

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Forests cover a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species as well as 1.6 billion human livelihoods, yet humans are also responsible for 32 million acres of deforestation every year. 

The following are the importance of forest to the people live in Morogoro; for more information you can read from 

1. They help us breathe.

Forests pump out the oxygen we need to live and absorb the carbon dioxide we exhale (or emit). Just one adult leafy tree can produce as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year. Plankton are more prolific, providing half of Earth's oxygen, but forests are still a key source of breathable air.

2. They're more than just trees.

Nearly half of all known species live in forests, including 80 percent of biodiversity on land. That variety is especially rich in tropical rain forests, from rare parrots to endangered apes, but forests teem with life around the planet: Bugs and worms work nutrients into soil, bees and birds spread pollen and seeds, and keystone species like wolves and big cats keep hungry herbivores in check. 

3. People live there, too.

Some 300 million people live in forests worldwide, including an estimated 60 million indigenous people whose survival depends almost entirely on native woods. Many millions more live along or near forest fringes, but even just a scattering of urban trees can raise property values and lower crime.

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4. They keep us cool.

By growing a canopy to hog sunlight, trees also create vital oases of shade on the ground. Urban trees help buildings stay cool, reducing the need for electric fans or air conditioners, while large forests can tackle daunting tasks like curbing a city's "heat island" effect or regulating regional temperatures. 

6. They make it rain.

Large forests can influence regional weather patterns and even create their own microclimates. Uluguru Mountains for example, generates atmospheric conditions that not only promote regular rainfall there and in nearby farmland.

7. They fight flooding.

Tree roots are key allies in heavy rain, especially for low-lying areas like river plains. They help the ground absorb more of a flash flood, reducing soil loss and property damage by slowing the flow.

  

10. They block wind.

Farming near a forest has lots of benefits, like bats and songbirds that eat insects or owls and foxes that eat rats. But groups of trees can also serve as a windbreak, providing a buffer for wind-sensitive crops. And beyond protecting those plants, less wind also makes it easier for bees to pollinate them. 

15. They provide food

Not only do trees provide fruits, nuts, seeds and sap, but they also enable a cornucopia near the forest floor, from edible mushrooms, berries and beetles to larger game like deer, turkeys, rabbits and fish

 

 THE BIG CHALLENGE TO FOREST

because of population increase, the demand of different commodities that are needed by these people become high. there fore the cutting of trees is seems to be high as people need to afford their domestic needs like settlement charcoal and other materials from the forest.

As it explained below from the one of the source of news in Tanzania;