Forests

• Forests are home to a variety of plants and animals.
• Several trees, shrubs, mosses, and mushrooms; birds and mammals; spiders; frogs; and snakes grow and live in forests.
• Human beings, too, depend on forests for a variety of things.
• About one-third of the world's land surface is covered with forests.
• Forests are different from one another depending upon where they are located.
• Climate, topography (physical features), and soil type are some of the main factors that determine the type of trees and animals that grow and thrive in a forest.

Current and former forests cover of the world

• Felling of trees and clearing forests may have undesirable effects on all life forms on Earth.