Answer:
Direct Advantages:
1. Forests provide timber for construction purposes, furniture, toys, railway sleepers, sports goods, and wood carving; and softwood, bamboo, and grass for pulp, paper, and plywood.
2. They also provide products such as fruits, flowers, medicinal herbs and plants, beeswax, honey, turpentine oil, lac, and resin.
3. They provide fodder for cattle.
4. They are a shelter or natural habitat for wildlife.
5. They are major tourist attractions.
6. They maintain climate change.