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WHY PLANT TREES?

Trees are carbon sinks, absorbing the pollutants we humans put into the atmosphere.
They clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, prevent soil erosion and flooding, give life to the world's wildlife, house complex ecosystems, supply us with medicine and provide jobs to over 1.6 billion people.
They really are the superheroes of the planet and we need them in order to survive.


Clean Air

AIR

Trees are referred to as the lungs of the planet and for good reason. They filter our air, removing harmful pollutants such as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. In return, they replenish the atmosphere with oxygen for
​us to breathe. 

A mature tree can produce enough oxygen in a season for ten people to inhale in a year.
Filtered water on leaf

WATER

Trees catch rainwater with their leaves, allowing the water to trickle down the trunk into the earth below where their roots absorb the pollutants. This slows down the water's absorption into the ground, which in turn prevents over saturation, flooding and prevents stormwaters from carrying pollutants into the ocean.
One Colorado Blue Spruce can
​capture over 1000 gallons of water per year when fully grown.
soil erosion

LAND

Trees absorb dangerous chemicals and harmful pollutants that have entered the soil and either store them or turn them into less harmful forms.
​
Far reaching roots hold the soil
in place binding it together and preventing ​soil erosion.
Mangrove estuaries prevent
the coastline simply washing
​away into the sea.
Climate change melting ice

CLIMATE

 Trees are big climate regulators
on a global scale. 

They lock greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, into their structure removing them from the atmosphere and slowing down Global Warming.
They control climate by absorbing and filtering the sun's radiant energy, reducing wind speeds and cooling the air as they lose moisture.
It's estimated that trees can reduce the temperature in cities by ​​up to
​7 degrees Celsius.
endangered extinct gorilla in jungle

BIODIVERSITY

Hundreds of living creatures call trees their home and each tree plays host to complex microhabitats.

In fact, one single tree in a tropical rainforest can house up to 2000 species of insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, fungi, mosses
​and epiphytic plants.
Poor african workers carrying wood

SOCIAL IMPACT

1.6 billion people earn their living from working with trees. But the social impact goes much further than this - the trees themselves supply timber for construction, fuel for heating and cooking, soil enrichment for farming and produce food that feeds both
​humans and animals alike.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT PLANTING TREES,
​IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
Another incredible aspect of the reforestation process is the ability
to improve the lives ​of those living in challenging conditions.
We are so lucky to be able to help two major causes with one simple ac
t.  ​
The communities which we support face a variety of serious issues, including extreme poverty, reduced crop yield, water issues, climate change, resource depletion and ever changing weather patterns.
These struggling families often have no choice
except to turn to the local environment in order to feed themselves.
​
They chop down trees to grow crops on the land or for charcoal production - which is then sold
​on the side of the road.
This creates a short term solution but sadly a long term problem.

Without the trees, the nutrients are removed from the soil, the water tables deplete, the soil erodes, the wildlife disappears and the landscape changes, until the land is no longer productive and turns into desert.

Through planting trees we're able to help provide training, agricultural education and sustainable incomes to these families whilst they plant, grow and protect the trees.

Most importantly we enable the community members to lift themselves out of poverty. 
PLANT A TREE

Through the many projects we support,
​JUST ONE Tree
 is able to
​make an impact on so many lives and in so many ways. ​

Trees ready to be planted and a spade in the ground
Seedlings in bags ready to be planted
African girl feeling the leaf of a tree that's about to be planted
Lady putting bamboo sticks by trees in a nursery
Lady planting Mangroves in Indonesia
Planting Mangroves in Indonesia
Recently planted Mangrove Trees
Eden reforestation project employees planting trees
Lady planting Mangroves in Indonesia
Man planting Mangrove trees in Indonesia
Eden projects employee watering trees
Eden Projects African villager smiling whilst working in the nursery
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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT US
    • WHY PLANT TREES
    • MEET THE TEAM
    • OUR IMPACT
    • PARTNERS
    • SCHOOLS NETWORK
    • FAQ
    • CONTACT US
    • JOIN THE TEAM
  • WHERE WE PLANT
    • BRAZIL
    • MADAGASCAR
    • MOZAMBIQUE
    • INDONESIA
    • NEPAL
    • KENYA
    • HAITI
    • ZAMBIA
    • THE OCEANS
  • PLANT A TREE
    • BUSINESSES
    • SCHOOLS
    • INDIVIDUALS
    • SHOP
  • ARTICLES
    • JUST ONE Tree Chosen for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
    • NEPAL AT A CROSSROADS
    • Trees for Brazil's Tropical Forests
    • Half a million trees in Mozambique
    • JUST ONE Tree - top 100 companies to escape to
    • KENYA'S NEED FOR TREES
    • WHAT'S THIS OTHER COP?
    • XMAS LUNCH, CARDS, TREE... SUSTAINABILITY TIPS ON WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT'S LEFT - PART 2
    • XMAS LUNCH, CARDS, TREE... SUSTAINABILITY TIPS ON WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT'S LEFT - PART 1
    • TURNING THE TIDE IN HAITI
    • MY ROAD TO A MILLION TREES
    • IS CLIMATE CHANGE THE NEW MONSTER UNDER THE BED FOR CHILDREN
    • WHAT'S GOT ZAMBIA BUZZING?
    • ACACIAS IN THE PLAYGROUND
    • HOW WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SHAPES THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET
    • TREE PLANTING: THE MORE THE MERRIER?
    • 12 GREEN SWAPS FOR CHRISTMAS (part two)
    • 12 GREEN SWAPS FOR CHRISTMAS
    • The JUST ONE Tree Day: Critical For Our Future
    • What's the big deal about Kelp?
    • 5 REASONS TO PLANT MANGROVES IN MADAGASCAR
  • J1T Day 2022 Registration