The companies that are facing CO2 reductions due to global climate change policies are seeing tree planting as a way to offset some of the CO2 reductions. By gaining CO2 credits through tree planting, they are allowed to burn more energy because the CO2 formulas are based on net emissions. Planting trees gains them credits against their net emission targets. Trees give off oxygen and supply our atmosphere with oxygen that we need to breathe. This is especially true for rain forests which contain very little land area, but more than half of the growing wood on the planet.
Rain forests act as an oxygen pump for the planet.
Trees stabilize soil so that erosion doesn t carry off valuable topsoil and deposit it in ditches or streams. Trees are also valuable in riparian areas along streams and rivers to prevent the banks from breaking way and depositing sediment into the streams. Trees provide habitat for birds and some animals and food for both animals and humans. Trees are used in building and in many products and are an integral part of our economy. Their value as beautiful natural landscape features is obvious.