Write an article on importance of afforestation and maintaining a green cover
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trees and plants maintain the biological balance of the mother nature.everything that earth has offered to us plays an important role in our life.if trees would decrease in no.it would affect the environment badly because plants and trees maintain the moisture of soil by holding water in land this keeping land fertile.plants and trees offer us with so many flowers and fruits.they are home to so many birds and animals.if the trees would reduce in no.where will do many birds and animals go.think about it and take care of mother nature.we all should
work towards planting trees in our localities.every single step will count.if each one of us would plant so many trees how beneficial would that be for our environment.
Afforestation is the process of planting trees, or sowing seeds, in a barren land devoid of any trees to create a forest. The term should not be confused with reforestation, which is the process of specifically planting native trees into a forest that has decreasing numbers of trees. While reforestation is increasing the number of trees of an existing forest, afforestation is the creation of a ‘new’ forest.
Our Earth has been constantly trying to cope with the way in which human beings use natural resources, clear forest lands, cut trees, and contaminate the air, land, and water. Industrial revolution, population bursts, and pollution create permanent damage to the earth, and the result is global warming and …show more content…
The benefits of this practice, which is called agroforestry, are:
It provides a supply of timber, fruit, and fodder for cattle apart from crop production
It prevents soil erosion
It enables better retention of water
It shields crops from excessive wind and sun damage
In terms of the environmental benefits, planting trees is always beneficial whether it takes place in a barren land or is used as a method to regenerate a depleted forest. Trees help check atmospheric carbon dioxide; large scale afforestation can curb the problems caused due to burning of fossil fuels, industrialization and so forth.
In South Africa, about 0.5 percent of land is covered with indigenous forests, and 1.1 percent by forests formed by Total Commercial Afforestation (TCA) and containing trees like pine, gum trees, black wattle, and so forth. This has helped provide wood to be used for charcoal, poles, mining timber, paper pulp, and other commercial applications.