Tree is the best friend of man on earth. And it is rightly said so because there's no other living thing that provides as many selfless services to human.
Trees provide us with life saving medicines for instance, salicylic acid from the white willow. Food and medicines are priceless Gifts the trees and forests generally give humans. But the service is actually provided by trees and forests ( known as ecosystem services) are far more significant.
Trees greatly improved the quality of air that we breathe in by absorbing dust and other air pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide and Sulphur Dioxide from the atmosphere. They control noise pollution by absorbing and blocking noise from the urban environment. They absorb toxic Chemicals from the soil and also fight soil erosion by keeping the soil intact with their roots. In places where webs of tree roots bind the soil and a canopy of leaves breaks downpours of rain into gentle showers, such as a forest, rain percolates through the soil into underground aquifers and feeds streams and rivers. By protecting watersheds which feed our rivers, forests conserve freshwater-- the water on which all life forms are dependent.
Trees provide us shade during summer-- especially on roads-- and shelter Birds, bees, butterflies and many insects and animals. They are home for up to 90% of terrestrial species, forests are the most important repositories of Terrestrial biological biodiversity.
From the smallest insect to the largest animal on the planet-- all forms of life require oxygen to live. By providing oxygen rich Air which is indispensable for life, trees help life on earth to continue.
Like human beings, trees too grow, make their food, exchange gases from the atmosphere and require water. And like us, they also need care to live and flourish. In return of the kindness they show to us and the invaluable services they provide us, let us care for them and let us help them live.
Trees provide us with life saving medicines for instance, salicylic acid from the white willow. Food and medicines are priceless Gifts the trees and forests generally give humans. But the service is actually provided by trees and forests ( known as ecosystem services) are far more significant.
Trees greatly improved the quality of air that we breathe in by absorbing dust and other air pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide and Sulphur Dioxide from the atmosphere. They control noise pollution by absorbing and blocking noise from the urban environment. They absorb toxic Chemicals from the soil and also fight soil erosion by keeping the soil intact with their roots. In places where webs of tree roots bind the soil and a canopy of leaves breaks downpours of rain into gentle showers, such as a forest, rain percolates through the soil into underground aquifers and feeds streams and rivers. By protecting watersheds which feed our rivers, forests conserve freshwater-- the water on which all life forms are dependent.
Trees provide us shade during summer-- especially on roads-- and shelter Birds, bees, butterflies and many insects and animals. They are home for up to 90% of terrestrial species, forests are the most important repositories of Terrestrial biological biodiversity.
From the smallest insect to the largest animal on the planet-- all forms of life require oxygen to live. By providing oxygen rich Air which is indispensable for life, trees help life on earth to continue.
Like human beings, trees too grow, make their food, exchange gases from the atmosphere and require water. And like us, they also need care to live and flourish. In return of the kindness they show to us and the invaluable services they provide us, let us care for them and let us help them live.
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