Hello great steemians,
Welcome once again to my blog,today i will be talking about trees and its benefit.

Trees help us to improve our air quality by filtering harmful dust and pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide, and also sulfur dioxide through the air we breathe. Many of our wildlife have to depend ontl the trees for their habitat. Concerning this Lagos State Government in Nigeria has order the planting of more than 500,000+ in diffrent areas across the State in which today they are benefiting from the Tree Planted which is hereby increasing the total number of trees planted since the inception of the initiative to more than 10 million. From the beginning, trees have furnished us with two of life’s essentials, whic are the food and oxygen. As we grow, they continue providing additional necessities for us such as shelter, medicine, and tools. Today, their value has risen up increasing and more benefits of trees are being discovered almost everyday as their role expands to satisfying the needs created by our modern lifestyles now. The trees are mainly an important part of every community which include streets, parks, playgrounds and backyards planted with trees that create a peaceful and pleasing environment. Trees everyday increase our quality of life with the help of bringing natural elements and wildlife habitats into urban settings of our days. Mainly everyday we gather under the cool shade the tree provide during outdoor activities enjoying the coolness with our family and friends. Many neighborhoods are also permanent home of a very old trees which mostly serve as historical landmarks and a great source of a town pride.

TREE CONTRIBUTIONS

The trees mostly contribute to our environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife. During the process of photosynthesis, the trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe.
The trees also control climate by moderating the effects of the sun, rain and wind. Leaves absorb and filter the sun’s radiant energy, keeping things cool in summer. Trees also preserve warmth by providing a screen from harsh wind.

Highlighting the impotance and value of a tree

1. For community and social value

2. For ecological and environmental value

3. For personal and spiritual value

4. For practical and commercial value

5. For property and economic value

WHY TREE PLANTING HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL RITUAL IN THE WORLD

For us in the the part of this world, experts has given reasons for making tree planting an annual ritual in the world they explained that the reason of this is to save the world by adopting measures to combat the effects of climate change, protect trees and make the environment safe for all.
They also recounted that the importance of trees and thick forests serves as buffer zones for various atmospheric occurrences and the balances of vital gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, and most especially the essential for different forms of survival. They also labelled it as the longest living organism and greatest natural resources which prove to be very useful to human as the provider of foods and oxygen and also meeting the ever increasing, expansive, and dynamic world of humans and animals in many areas of shelter, beautification and most important for medicine.

SPIRITUAL VALUE OF TREES

Most of main reason we like trees is because they are both beautify and most importantly they are majestic. Trees help record the history of a particular family as they grow and develop alongside group of people. People often make an emotional connection with trees they plant and become personally attached to the ones that will see every day. Those strong bonds with the tree are evidenced by the hundreds of groups and organizations across the country that go to a long lengths by protecting and save historic trees from the dangers of modern development. Lagos state in Nigeria is one great example that fancy the tree planting.

LAGOS STATE as case study

The Lagos State Government in Nigeria has set aside July 14 every year to mark the tree Planting Day. The government has highlighted the important role the informal sector has. played in the tree planting process in the state and urged them to support the government on it.Stressing the need for tree planting, the commissioner said: “Trees contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife… the main reason we need trees is because they are beautiful gift as nature is and act as natural filters. No two trees are ever alike… Even individual trees vary in appearance throughout the course of the year as the season changes.

Lastly when you take a look at trees, nature has endowed them with certain functions that they perform. The root of a tree holds the soil firmly thereby controlling the erosion through the process of the root in the soil.

Support our world!!

Let plant a tree!!