1. Forest in danger! SCOALA GIMNAZIALA “ NICOLAE IORGA” PITESTI, ARGES, ROMANIA

2. IMPORTANCE OF THE FOREST The forest is green gold of the earth. She always exercised a strong influence on environmental conservation physical - geographic and biogeographic and on human social existence. She enjoys a special interest in sustainable development policy of any country.

3. The forest is a source of : - Wood products - Non-wood products Paper we write on, the water we drink, drugs that heals us, the wood that made ​​ houses and furniture, all originate from forests. Forests provide air we breathe and habitats for endangered species on. Forest recreation areas assures us, especially important in today's world. Approximately 1.5 billion of the planet 's poor depend directly on forests for basic needs like food and fuel wood.

4. Forests have a dual function : Production function - resulting in products that can be capitalized : - small fruits, mushrooms, herbs. -wild animals : bears, wild boars, foxes, lynx, grouse, wolves, chamois. Protection function : - water - soil - climate

5. Let protected forest ! The forest is affected by various practices and human activities : - overexploitation - Illegal logging - fires - Massive deforestation Because of drought, pollution, overgrazing has reached a worsening health of forests in the past 10 years. Forests are disappearing, being replaced by "farms profitable " !

6. Afforestation of degraded lands and abandoned agricultural land. Ecological restoration of forests damaged by natural factors structurally. Creating field protective forest, soil and erosion. Maintaining annual harvest volume of wood in the forest capacity Application of intensive treatment and long regeneration treatments that ensure the achievement of mixed stands with mottled structure. Cuttings should be reduced drastically ; Greening logging technologies and reconsider this activity as important component of forestry.

7. SA OCROTIM NATURA Singura solutie pentru supravietuirea omului pe Terra este asigurarea unui Parteneriat Intelept cu natura prin : ocrotirea si protejarea padurii ; adoptarea unor masuri prompte in cazul aparitiei dezechilibrelor ; conservarea naturii, ca loc primordial in sistemul valorilor umane din domeniile stiintei, educatiei, culturii, economiei. Padurea este producator de oxygen, consumator de dioxid de carbon (CO2), depoluant, indeplinind functii importante pentru viata omului : Sanitara, hidrologica, climatica, estetica si recreativa. Functiile estetica si recreativa sunt benefice indeosebi omului modern cu ritm trepidant de viata cu numerosi factori stressanti. “ Daca omul pierde gradinile, padurile si cararile se va pierde pe sine insusi “. pământul, apa şi pădurea SUNT putere şi echilibru

8. World Forestry Day The trees are incredible ! I can live for thousands of years and can reach hundreds of meters high. There is no species on this planet who do not owe their existence to trees.

10. Forest is the " green lung " of the planet. He fought to save her !