Planting trees is one of the best things that you can do to fight climate change. Trees are the superheroes of the natural world: they help clean the air, filter water, provide homes for wildlife, and even reduce noise. But there’s a catch. With tree planting numbers falling in recent years, there simply aren’t enough trees in the world right now. The good news is that we can all do our bit to change this by planting more trees wherever we can – whether it be in our gardens or local parks. Read on to find out why this is so important and how you can get involved…
Trees are incredibly important for our planet – and yet, in recent years, the numbers of trees being planted have fallen. In fact, globally, we’re losing between 15 and 19 billion trees every year – that’s a loss of almost 30,000 trees every minute! This is a huge problem for two reasons. First, trees help to clean the air and reduce air pollution. But when we lose too many trees, the air becomes polluted and can have harmful effects on people’s health. Trees also help to regulate the climate by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) – a greenhouse gas that causes climate change. This is why it’s so important to plant more trees: they are our natural protectors.
Trees can help fight climate change in a number of ways: they store CO2, they produce oxygen, they reduce water run-off, they increase water retention in soils, they reduce erosion, they protect against floods and hurricanes and they cool the air. In fact, one mature tree can absorb as much as 167kg of CO2 per year – that’s the equivalent of 9 cars driving for one year! As well as directly fighting climate change, trees can also help to protect us from the effects of climate change. They can reduce the risk of floods by absorbing water and storing it in their roots, branches and trunks.Trees can also reduce the risk of hurricanes by providing shade for buildings, roads and power lines, and by absorbing and holding water as soil. In fact, one mature tree can reduce the force of hurricanes by up to 90%!
As well as growing more trees, we can also protect the trees we have by planting new trees near them. This is known as ‘forest edge planting’ and is a great way to protect the trees in cities and towns. It’s important to plant the right species of tree near the right species of tree: some trees get on well together, while others can be harmful to each other. For example, when you plant new trees near trees that are struggling, they can help to provide them with water and nutrients. It’s also a good idea to choose smaller trees that are unlikely to outgrow their neighbours.
If you’re lucky enough to have trees in your garden, it’s important to care for them so that they can protect you from climate change. This means watering them when necessary, feeding them on a regular basis and pruning them once or twice a year. It’s also a good idea to learn about the particular species of tree that you have in your garden. Once you know the name of your tree, you can find out more about what it needs, when it flowers and what kind of pests or diseases it might be prone to.
If you’re lucky enough to live near a forest, you can get involved in reforestation projects – these are projects that help to restore our forests. There are lots of ways you can get involved, such as donating money to reforestation projects, volunteering to plant trees yourself or campaigning for more trees in your area. For example, projects in Mexico, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia have been working to plant millions of trees in a bid to protect the people who live there from climate change.
Trees are the superheroes of the natural world: they help clean the air, filter water, provide homes for wildlife, and even reduce noise. But there’s a catch: with tree planting numbers falling in recent years, there simply aren’t enough trees in the world right now. The good news is that we can all do our bit to change this by planting more trees wherever we can – whether it be in our gardens or local parks.
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