Tree ... competition nº2 - see results

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Trees photos and poem, stories, facts... there is much love to give them.

Human and Trees are so related, one produce CO2, the other Oxygen, one moves, the other take roots. The perfect complementarity in all.
Except maybe for one thing. Trees could live without Us, we could not live without them.


Climate Change makes it clear to mankind. A good future is a future with trees.





Facts taken from the BILLION TREE CAMPAIGN - UNEP


| Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth.
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| To make up for the loss of trees in the past decade, we would need to plant 130 million
| hectares (or 1.3 million km2), an area as large as Peru.
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| Covering the equivalent of 130 million hectares would entail planting approximately 14 billion | trees every year for 10 consecutive years. This would require each person to plant and care
| for at least two seedlings a year.
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| Rehabilitating tens of millions of hectares of degraded land and reforesting the Earth is
| necessary to restore and maintain the productivity of soil and water resources.
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| Expanding tree cover on denuded lands will reduce pressures on remaining primary forests, | helping to preserve habitats and to safeguard the Earth’s biological diversity. It will also
| mitigate the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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| Rainforests cover only 7 per cent of the land on earth but they contain nearly half of all the
| trees on earth. They generate about 40 per cent of the world’s oxygen.
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| In one year, an average tree inhales 12 kilograms (26 pounds) of CO2 and exhales enough
| oxygen for a family of four for a year.
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| One hectare of trees can absorb 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
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| A long haul flight will produce 3.75 tonnes of CO2 (or one tonne of carbon) .


"The best friend on Earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically,
we have one of the greatest resources of the Earth." - Frank Lloyd Wright

-- a bit more than virtual ...

Some tree contest will be organized every week.
The winner will be offered a tree that will be planted for him/her in Africa to fight Desertification.
(the tree contest will start the 11 of dec)

Sponsored by :

http://www.tree-nation.com