Trees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.
On a worldwide , forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas known as carbon dioxide and giving the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighbourhood level, trees also bring important environmental benefits. They offer shade and shelter, which in reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe.
Urban trees are especially important because for many people they provide the only daily with the natural world. What’s more, urban trees also provide a home for birds, small animals and butterflies. the trees we would lose the pleasure of seeing these creatures in our cities. Regrettably, however, trees in cities are now coming under There is a limit to the level of pollution they can put up with and, down at street level, their roots are being seriously by the digging needed to make way for modern telephone, television and other cables.