
There are so many good reasons to get planting...
Browse our 100 reasons and learn everything there is to know about trees. Share your favourite reason with your friends and help us raise awareness about the importance of trees. Together, let’s #PLANTFORLIFE.
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PEACE
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PEACE
Planting trees is a way of ensuring there are food, water and resources around so that habitats can be created, and people can remain on their land instead of fleeing climate change. Since ancient times, the olive tree and its branch have been symbols of peace and reconciliation.
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LANDSCAPE
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LANDSCAPE
In France, 11,500 km of hedges are lost every year, destroying not just the fauna and flora they house, but diminishing the beauty of our landscapes, too.
Let’s bring them back to life and reconnect with the hedgerow tradition by planting trees with the Fonds pour l’Arbre initiative.
We need to get hedgegrowing!
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SOILS
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EROSION CONTROL
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EROSION CONTROL
Tree windbreaks are the pillars of the land, playing an essential role in reducing the damage caused by storms and wind erosion.
In Konya, Turkey, we planted 30,000 trees on the borders of agricultural land.
The soils are now protected from the wind and are fertile once more: the topsoil can be cultivated and the earth retains its moisture.
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FAMILY
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FAMILY
Men, women and children sometimes tell stories in the shade of trees. And families of squirrels, green woodpeckers and bees also congregate upon the branches and tops of these same trees.
There’s a lively buzz around trees when everyone can share such precious moments…
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COMMUNITIES
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THE CLIMATE
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BUTTERFLIES
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TOGETHERNESS
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TOGETHERNESS
For over 30 years now, more than one million people have planted trees for us across the world, from Mexico to Russia, Cameroon and many other locations.
Together, with our hands in the soil, we take action, create something new, and enjoy the experience of a job well done.
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EARTH
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EARTH
Pachamama!
In the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, Pachamama is the Goddess of the Earth for the Kichwa-speaking people of Sarayaku, and Mother Earth of humans, fauna and flora.
The relationship between these people and the Earth is unique and a constant source of harmony!
In 2011, the Foundation planted trees with the Sarayaku people.
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EARTHWORMS
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EARTHWORMS
Earthworms are sometimes called soil engineers. And the more earthworms there are, the better it is for the soil. Not only do worms aerate the earth, but their droppings contain a concentrated version of the nutrients required by plants, and shrubs and trees then find these nutrients easy to absorb. We love them!
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THE FUTURE
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REMY
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NUTS
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POLAR BEARS
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TREE HOUSES
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LEMURS
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AIR
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ELEPHANTS
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ELEPHANTS
Elephants eat tree leaves, bark, and twigs. Because of their under-effective digestive systems, most of the seeds they eat are evacuated in their excrement. This means that as they wander on the lookout for food, they carry these seeds over long distances, spreading them wherever they go.
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RIVERS
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RIVERS
Forest buffer zones around lakes and streams act as a filtering system, reducing the amount of sediment, agricultural chemicals and pesticides in the watercourses. The loss of this filtering system results in high levels of sediment and dissolved minerals in rivers and streams.