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The forest plays a triple role in the life of human and mankind. On the one hand, the forest, being one of the main components of the human environment, to a large extent affects the climate, the availability of clean water, clean air; it protects agricultural lands, provides places for comfortable living and recreation of people, preserves the diversity of wildlife. This is environment-forming, or the ecological role of the forest. On the other hand, the forest is the source of many material resources that humanity cannot do without and is unlikely to manage in the foreseeable future - wood for construction, paper and furniture, firewood, food and medicinal plants, and others (economic or resource role of forests). On the third hand, the forest is part of the cultural and historical environment, under the influence of which the culture and customs of entire peoples are formed, the source of work places, independence and material well-being of a significant part of the population, especially those who live in forest villages and towns (the social role of the forest).
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