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Benefits of trees
Some of the important roles that trees play within our landscape are:
Environmental
- To provide screening and contrast to buildings
- Provide visual emphasis to vehicle and pedestrian routes
- Help to delineate site boundaries
- Trees are natures air conditioners which trap particulate pollution making the air much easier to breathe
- Help to reduce noise and atmospheric pollution
- Provide a valuable habitat for a wide range of wildlife
- A tree rich landscape can help to increase biodiversity, which brings wildlife closer to where people live and work
Economic
- A well treed residential neighbourhood can attract higher house prices
- Trees and woodlands visually soften the urban environment and help to create some of the qualities which are attractive to new investors
- Trees and woodlands can offer a renewable source of timber and fuel, and some trees provide food crops
Social
Trees and woodlands are living laboratories that can make inspiring classrooms
Planting and caring for trees can bring people together, strengthening local communities
We like trees around us because they make life more pleasant
There clearly are benefits to maintaining and retaining trees within our landscape, the aforementioned are a few of them. It has to be accepted as well that trees dependent on their location and condition can cause problems and will on occasions require justified surgery or even complete removal.
09 February 2012
