The importance of Trees to human beings, at a basic level, has reached alarming proportions over the years, and is now at its direst, today. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a world body for assessing the state of scientific knowledge related to climate change, its impacts, potential future risks and possible response options has conclusively stated: “Land is a part of the climate solution.”

“Land must remain productive to maintain food security as the population increases and the negative impacts of climate change on vegetation increase. This means there are limits to the contribution of land to addressing climate change, for instance through the cultivation of energy crops and afforestation. It also takes time for trees and soils to store carbon effectively.”

Rampant urbanization and industrialization have sucked the life force out of the planet; mass-felling trees, clearing large swathes of land and encroaching into water bodies. Trees are the only logical answer to reverse the consequences of climate change and global warming. Not only does it have a host of benefits for the air above the ground (cool, cleanse, decarbonize & depollute) but also keeps the integrity of the soil and the subterranean ecosystem down below, by means of preventing runoff, retaining ground water and preventing soil erosion, among several other factors.