We live in a world made possible, in part, by the abundant forests on this planet. Trees help clean the air, trap carbon dioxide and generate life-giving oxygen. Forests are wonderful places for recreation and education. We can hike in them, watch the birds that make them their homes and use them as outdoor classrooms to study horticulture and biology. Forests are a source of life and a resource for living.
Trees contribute to thousands of products that are essential to every-day living.
There are more than 5,000 products that use wood or wood fiber. They range from the obvious, such as lumber and paper, to the less obvious, such as shoe polish, baby food, and cancer-fighting drugs. To learn more about these products, play the Tall Tales Matching Game which is in the Climb a Tree section of this site. To test your knowledge of trees, play the Pick A Tree matching game. Love A Tree is a special program by International Paper that teaches children about trees native to their land.