Conservation of Forests

                   

           Trees are important, valuable and necessary for the existence of any living creature on earth. They are essential to life as we know it and are the ground troops on an environmental frontline.

               Oxygen production, cleaning the soil, controlling noise pollution, slowing down storm water runoff, acting as carbon sinks, cleaning the air, providing shade and coolness, being windbreaks and fighting soil erosion can be considered as the first few reasons why trees are priceless.

               There are 3 types of forest  Urban, Exurban, Rural of forest. There are numerous benefits of forests evaporation,  Recreation Provide food, medicine, shelter and warmth etc.Urbanization, Substance farming, Commercials  agriculture are the causes of deforesting  .Trees provide food for birds and wildlife so deforesting  badly effect on animals we will have lesser oxygen content in the atmosphere. Tree leaves also  give off water molecules to the  environment that become a part of the water cycle  and come down as rain. Fewer trees means lesser rains.Soil erosion , Loss of  biodiversity , Global warming are the Effects deforestation.There are three types of trees  gymnosperms and the angiosperms.On hillsides or stream slopes, trees slow runoff and hold  soil in place.

               In the State of Maharashtra, the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975 makes a better provision for trees in the urban areas by regulating felling of trees and providing for planting of adequate number of new trees in those areas.

             In case you find any ambiguities with one or more of the points stated above and if the tree being targeted was not dead or diseased or wind fallen or constituted a danger to life or property or obstructed traffic, then you can file a complaint at the nearest police station or write a complaint letter to the Chairman of the Tree Authority of that area describing the situation. You can substantiate your claims by collecting as much information as possible about the destruction of the tree, like date, time and exact location, photographs and/or videos of the destruction, registration numbers of vehicles that are being used in the process, etc.

Here are some of the reasons why one should save trees: 

• Trees clean the air: Trees help cleanse the air by intercepting airborne particles, reducing heat, and absorbing pollutants such as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
• Trees are Effective Sound Barriers: Trees are as effective as stone walls in stopping sound. They muffle urban noise almost as effectively as stone walls. Trees, planted at strategic points in a neighborhood or around your house, can mitigate major noises from crowded roads, railway stations and airports.
• Trees Produce Oxygen: A mature leafy tree, in a few months, produces as much oxygen as that required by 10 people for one year.
• Trees Become dustbins for harmful gases: a tree absorbs and locks away carbon dioxide, and other harmful gases which warm the environment. An urban forest is a carbon storage area that can lock up as much carbon.
• Trees Shade and Cool: Shade from trees reduces the need for fan, coolers and air conditioning in summer. Studies have shown that parts of cities without cooling shade from trees can literally be "heated islands," with temperatures as much as 4-6 degrees Celsius higher than surrounding areas. In winter, trees break the force of winter winds.
• Trees Act as Windbreaks: trees break the force of the wind. This protects houses, farmland and vegetation.
• Trees Fight Soil Erosion: Trees fight soil erosion, conserve rainwater, and reduce water runoff and sediment deposit after storms
  Trees help in lowering the dust levels and pollution levels in the cities.

Trees decrease respiratory problems; Children staying in area and localities with trees have much less breathing problems that children staying in localities which have no trees.

          Trees are silent and selfless servers that work non-stop 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without a single second's break. They produce oxygen by a process called Photosynthesis whereby it absorbs harmful carbon dioxide and releases several thousands of rupees worth of life- giving oxygen free of cost. In fact all the oxygen in the air comes from only trees and other plants even if it is sold in "Oxygen Parlors"! The absorption of carbon dioxide that is a 'Green House' gas helps slow down Global Warming. If there is a steep depletion of forest cover, then the quantity of oxygen in the air is sure to go down. Not only as producers of oxygen are trees important in making the earth a more livable place: they act as very good sound barriers reducing noise pollution; and the green curtain reduces the force of wind, which otherwise will blow up so much dust and sand that we'll hardly be able to see who is next to us. Trees cool hot days and keep warm at nights.