The Forest is Life Welcome to The Forest is Life Resources and
information about the forests and their importance for the world
What is a Forest? The word forest does not imply woodland. The
forest ecosystem includes additional species. A forest contains
physical and chemical processes, such as energy flow and
nutrient cycling. Forests include smaller plants, fungi,
bacteria, animals, shrub layer, herb layer and moss layer.
Forests are basic to human life because they store carbon,
produce oxygen, regulate climate, purify the water. Forests
contain 90% of the terrestrial biodiversity. The Forest is Life
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