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Outline the Economic Significance and the problems of Softwood Forests in Kenya and canada.


Outline the Economic Significance and the problems of Softwood Forests in Kenya and canada.

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Martin
Economic Significance of Softwood Forests in both Countries

1. Provides employment to people e.g. lumberjacks, tree farmers and in timber related industries.

2. Has led to development of timber/wood related industries e.g. furniture, paper manufacture etc.

3. A foreign exchange earner when in Canada timber is exported to U.S.A. and when products in Kenya are exported to COMESA.

4. Saving some foreign exchange when the country produce wood products to cater for their needs on which they’d otherwise spend foreign exchange.

5. Infrastructural development when roads are constructed to ease transportation of logs to industries and products to markets.
6. Provide income to tree farmers

Problems in Kenya and Canada

1. Forest fires which destroy large tracts of land where in Canada the greatest number of fires are caused by lighting while in Kenya they are caused by illegal loggers, poachers, etc.

2. Pests and diseases e.g. aphids which destroyed cypress in 1980s.

3. Over exploitation leading to soil erosion as trees takes long time to mature and provide sufficient cover to the soil after planting.

4. Canada’s trees take long time to mature (50-60 years due to severe winters which slow their growth. In Kenya they take 12-35 years.

5. In Canada there is problem of inaccessibility of forests in the northern part in winter and due to rugged terrain while in Kenya they are planted and easily accessible
marto answered the question on March 26, 2019 at 08:24

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