Question

"Clear-cutting" a forest means:

-Forest environments do not remain intact

-The cutting of older trees is not balanced by the planting of new trees

-Forest resources are not being carefully managed.

-All of the above.

Answer 1

Forest environments do not remain intact.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The forest sare a natural resource for man and provide him with wood for fuel and other purposes. Forest helps a man in maintaining the balance of the ecological system, the forest has to be maintained by man.

• Hence forest resources play a crucial role in the growth and development of the environment. Hence it's necessary to clear-cut the forest for regrowth and its essential from the point of view of productivity.

• An example of this is the slash and burn plantation where the nutrients are added to the soil.