Forests and fisheries are among the biological resources that have commercial value. Our goal is to conserve these resources for sustained harvest as well as for their recreational, aesthetic, and moral value. This section should foster your understanding of concepts covered in the text specific to forestry, deforestation, forest management, fisheries, whales and other marine mammals. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE How Does Fragmentation of Tropical Forests Contribute to Habitat Destruction?
Although tropical rain forests occupy only about 7% of the land area of
the world, they provide the habitat for at least one-half the worldís
species of plants and animals. About 100 million people live in rain forests
or depend on them for their livelihood.  |
