The issue of forests is related to the entire range of environmental and development issues, including the right to socio-economic development on a sustainable basis.All types of forests embody complex and unique ecological processes which are the basis for their present and potential capacity to provide resources to satisfy human needs as well as environmental values, and as such their sound management and conservation is of international concern for the protection and preservation of environment.2Forests play an important role in meeting energy requirements through the provision of a renewable source of bio-energy, particularly in developing countries, and the demands for fuel wood for household and industrial needs should be met through sustainable forest management, afforestation and reforestation. However, forests world wide are being threatened by uncontrolled degradation and conversion to other types of land uses, influenced by increasing human needs. The impacts of loss and degradation of forests are in the form of soil erosion; loss of biological diversity, damage to wildlife habitats and degradation of watershed areas, deterioration of the quality of life and reduction of the options for development.Therefore, there is a need to recognize the vital role of forests in maintaining the ecological processes and balance at the local, national, regional and global levels through, inter alia, their role in protecting fragile ecosystems, watersheds and freshwater resources and as rich storehouses of biodiversity and biological resources and sources of genetic material for biotechnology products, as well as photosynthesis.