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TREES ThAT hElp WITh pOllUTION
FAITHFUL FORESTS There is a growing concern about the quality of

air in our cities. Air pollution is now a major cause
Forests are the lungs of the Mother Earth. They inhale carbon of diseases in India and reducing the amount of
dioxide and exhale oxygen to survive. People all over the pollutants should be our primary focus. As a first
world from rural communities to the biggest cities are affected step, plant trees that purify the air in and around
by global deforestation. Let’s realise their value and protect your home.
them. • African Tulip Tree; • Poovarasa Maram,
• The Bengal Almond Tree; • Yellow Flame Tree;
Tanisha Bansal, VII, P.K.R. Jain Senior Secondary Public School, Ambala • Peepal • Neem

iMPORtaNcE OF FOREStS

Over the course of history, forests have played The Importance of forests
many important roles in shaping certain customs, They help us breathe.
traditions and cultures. They keep the earth cool.
They make it rain.
in terms of usefulness forests were abundant in They fight flooding.
resources such as timber, medicinal herbs, raw They keep dirt in its place.
materials like honey, resin and wax and most They give us medicine
importantly oxygen. They clean the dirty air.
Moreover forests attract rain and prevent soil erosion. They help us explore and
so friends we have to promise to save our forests! relax.
They help us make useful
K Samuel Richards, X, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School,
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad; Ansh Agnihotri, VII, Kiran Public School, things.
Farrukhabad; R.Sherin Lincy Mary, IX-B, Chellammal Vidyalaya, Trichy Trannum Khullar, VI, Delhi Public
School, Mandla Road, Jabalpur
Illustration by: Divyakala S., IX, Royal
Park School, Salem
PRESERvE FOREStS
activity

Ways to Preserve Forests When alive When dead When Cut
(rotting) (Sustainably)
Teach others about the impor- as food for as shelter for For
tance of environment. man, other insects construction
plants and
restore damaged animals
ecosystems by planting as habitat for as food for as fuel
trees. plants and beetles,
animals termites and
Encourage people to live decomposers
in a way that does not as part of the as habitat for For making
hurt the environment. Illustration by: Gurmehar Seth, Royal Public water cycle various insects various
School, Salem objects from
Establish parks to protect wildlife. matchsticks to
ships
Support companies that operate in ways to minimise damage Make your own list of things made from trees when
to the environment. alive, when cut and when dead.

We have lost 129 million hectares of forest between 1990 and 2015. When we take away the forest, it is not just
the trees but the entire ecosystem that falls apart.
A Ansrui , VII, Sri Divya Merkondaar Matric School, Thanjavur

Background Illustration by: Anushka Dawale, Delhi Public School, Mandla Road, Jabalpur

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