Not only in autumn, but also in spring it’s a good time to plant a tree. Nurseries, garden centers and various markets continually offer affordable tree plants. However, now – in the winter, you have to consider WHERE you would like to plant WHICH tree or WHOM you can help with the planting.
Hopefully I can report in the spring about many plantations and reforestations. Of course, it’s definitely an effort, but it’s worth for the environment, for us and our children.
Recently it was reported on television that in the period between 2000 and 2013 the global deforestation of woods was extremely high. During this time the largest forest loss was registered in the countries Paraguay, Malaysia and Cambodia. In Brazil thousands of trees are felled continuously each year too. The clearing of this primeval forest badly affect our climate. This is very worrying!
The global reforestation, however, is only a vanishingly small portion. Don’t wait until other people or organizations plant trees! Let’s start with ourselves!
Let’s work together that our planet remains habitable for future generations!
Remember: In a few minutes a tree is felled, but it takes many decades for a planted, well maintained tree to grow up.
It upset me over and over again when I hear in the media from people telling that their dried areas were fully forested not so long ago. Other people in turn succeeded after a few years of care and trouble. They manage that in withered grounds small trees grow again. A nice example is Iceland about which also was reported on television.
Since 2007 the international children’s project “Plant-for-the-Planet” encourages people to plant trees all over the world. These children and young people have set themselves the goal of planting a certain number of trees by 2020. They have also set up a counter, where each new tree can be registered.
Everybody who wants to take part in the program can contact the following address:
http://plant-for-the-planet.org/planting/plant-a-tree
Let’s support projects which try to save our world from deforestation!
