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They are the most noticeable living object which canbe found everywhere except in dry and cold places.

They have been called the structural elements of theecosystem and are attached to each and every type oforganism available in some or the other way.

Most of the botanist define trees as woody plants

having a single stem and having a capacity to growup to a height of 300 feet and live longer than 4,000years.

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Different kinds or species of trees can be told inmany ways. The feel of the leaves, twigs and bark

varies from species to species. Some are differentiated by the color of the leaves.

Some trees have different odors, even the sounds thewind makes in the trees can be different depending

on the kind of tree.

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A friend always does a good to us even though wedo harm to him. Similarly, trees gives us fruits when

we throw stones on it.Hence, tree is a good friend to us and it's our

responsibility to do the same with our friends.

Are we doing it? let us just have a look on the things

which our friend tree provides us without askinganything in return.

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1. All our food comes directly or indirectly from trees.Food grains, cereals, vegetables and fruits are supplied

by trees. Even the non vegetarian food comes fromtrees, because animals(herbivorous) depend on grassand other parts of trees.

2. Besides food, trees are the main supplier of rawmaterials to many industries. They provide us wood,cotton, jute, wood pulp to make paper, rubber.

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3. They keep the environment clean and makes it appearfresh and active. They take in carbon dioxide from air andgives out oxygen. Therefore they reduce the air pollution,

they increase the humidity of forest and attracts rain. Themajor cause for rains are trees.

4. They stop the strong currents of winds and water andprevent soil erosion and thus helps in preserving the fertilityof the soil. They prevent floods and stores the excess water

beneath the soil and roots of trees keeps it clean.

5. They provide shelter to many birds and insects and alsoprovides shade to many travelers and animals.

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6. The best cure for many diseases comes from Ayurvedawhich comes from trees only. They provide us with valuable

medicines and oils which have the capacity to cure any skindiseases and other ill ness. Forest are therefore known asgreen gold.

7.Even when they die they give us coal and other important

fuels by burying themselves under the surface of earth formany years.

8. To conclude life without trees would be just unthinkable.

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So we should understand what a tree does for us for

providing us everything, the three basic needs of

food, clothing and shelter is also provided by them. Let us now have a look at life without trees - if there

were no trees then there would be no rain, landwould turn into a desert, mankind will perish due tothe non-availability of water, fresh air and sufficient

humidity. So there comes an end to the world if there are no

trees. So we should be grateful and thankful to trees.

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Now as we came to know what a tree - a friend, does for us,

accordingly we should also take care of them which is the merething we can do for saving our trees.

Deforestation should be made a punishable act. Afforestationshould be implemented by each and every person in the societyso as to make a city, a country, a world clean and green.

Plants and small saplings must be planted in each and everyroadside and every place possible. Thus by doing so we

maintain the relation of friendship with trees and also we helpourselves to live.

Doing so we can reduce air pollution, soil erosion, effect offloods and storms and many more. This is the best way to thanktrees for giving us the basic needs of life.

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trees are our friends

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