Forest and Plant Conservation Research Office
Forest and Climate Change Division

Direct forest benefits

May 16, 0202

direct benefit
The benefits that humans directly derive from the important forests are:
1) Wood Wood is a product of the forest used in the construction of houses. make furniture And other construction such as making bridges, making cars, building boats, making tools for farming, fishing and making various sports tools
2) Fuel The fuels from the forest are firewood and charcoal which are used for cooking. and used in various industrial plants including nitrated cellulose rocket fuel
3) Chemical Materials Important chemical substances derived from wood are cellulose and lignin. Cellulose is used to make paper, artificial silk, explosives, sugar, alcohol and yeast. Lignin is used to make vanilla, perfumes and cosmetics. Including food preservatives, not spoiled. and medication for skin diseases If the wood is distilled in the oven, acetic acid is obtained. Tar and ethyl alcohol used in various industries
4) Food Humans get a variety of food from the forest such as flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds of various plants, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, yam yam, and wild animals, including birds and reptiles. and insects such as bees, etc.
5) Medicinal Medicine Medicines derived from important forests There are herbs Remedy for leprosy from the oil of the dandelion fruit. Medicine for high blood pressure from the roots of the plant. medicine from the seeds of the salangjai tree Insect repellant and fish boredom from the Hang Lai plant, etc.
6) Fiber There are many types of fibers obtained from the forest, such as from the bark of various trees. and from different kinds of vines
7) Chan, oil and sap. Chan obtained from important forests has a cat-eyed Ta Khian Chan. Obtained from the cat's eye Takhian tree and steep streaks used to make varnish Rak resin is used to make lacquerware. Frankincense is used to make incense and to make medicine. Pine resin is used to make medicine. Make oil, mix color, make soap. and shoe polish, etc. Wood oil is obtained from the oil of the Yangyang krad tree, which is used to make a boat tyre. And paint the house Rubber wood (gum), the most important thing is Yelutong rubber, used to make chewing gum. and jackfruit rubber used to insulate cables under water, etc.
8) Astringent, skin and color There are many types of plants in the forest where the bark, heart or juice are used to make astringent. good at tanning such as the bark of the mangroves, Pong Khun, Acacia tree, the heartwood, the fruit of Samo Thai and Samo Pipek, etc. The color may be obtained from the heartwood and the fruit of some plants, such as the heartwood of the Galewood of the Rong tree and the fruit of the Kham Pa tree. etc.
9) Animal feed Humans have used forests as animal husbandry and food sources.
10) Other benefits such as rattan used to make furniture Wicker and used to bind various things. Various jutes are used to make ropes. and the bark of the jute used to make paper, bamboo, lac used to make varnish, coloring oil making wax seals, making phonographs and various electrical equipment, honeycomb, honey, and agarwood from the heart of white sandalwood.
11) Carbon sequestration to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere Trees absorb carbon dioxide, one of the major greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

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