Which ecosystem service contributes to DRR in Forestland?

Which ecosystem service contributes to DRR in Forestland?

• A. By creating natural barriers
• B. By increasing fertilizer use
• C. By increasing energy consumption
• D. By removing vegetation

Answer: (A)

Forests provide protective services that help reduce disaster risk, and the most direct one in forested areas is creating natural barriers. Trees and dense vegetation slow wind, intercept and absorb rainfall, and, with their root networks, stabilize soils. This combination lowers the intensity of storms, reduces surface runoff, and helps prevent landslides and flooding, protecting people and infrastructure in and around forestland. Other options don’t offer these protective effects: increasing fertilizer use can worsen runoff and water quality without reducing risk; increasing energy consumption tends to raise overall risk through emissions and stress on systems; removing vegetation eliminates the protective cover that slows storms and stabilizes soil, increasing vulnerability.

Forests provide protective services that help reduce disaster risk, and the most direct one in forested areas is creating natural barriers. Trees and dense vegetation slow wind, intercept and absorb rainfall, and, with their root networks, stabilize soils. This combination lowers the intensity of storms, reduces surface runoff, and helps prevent landslides and flooding, protecting people and infrastructure in and around forestland.

Other options don’t offer these protective effects: increasing fertilizer use can worsen runoff and water quality without reducing risk; increasing energy consumption tends to raise overall risk through emissions and stress on systems; removing vegetation eliminates the protective cover that slows storms and stabilizes soil, increasing vulnerability.