List different forest products.
Almost everything that we use in our daily lives is forest products or derivatives of forest products. To note a few we can mention the following:
- Fuel wood- used in the fire places
- Gum and adhesives - derived from hard raisins
- Photographic film- made from cellulose acetate, one of the main ingredients of wood.
- Baby food- contains Torula yeast a product of wood sugar
- Soaps and Detergents- the fatty acids derived from wood are used to develop soaps and detergents.
- Crayons- Carnauba Wax that we get from Carnauba Palm tree helps to produce crayons
- Furniture- woods from the logs are used to build the furniture, ceilings and the floors of house.
- Paint- derived from rosin, a by-product that we get from the pine pulping process.
- Spices- all spices like cinnamon, nut meg, bay leaves are all forest products
- Medicine- Lignin , a natural glue is used to hold together the tablets together.