When we think of seven wonders, we might think of seven wonders of the ancient
world or seven wonders of the natural world.
But I'm going to talk to you about seven wonders of trees.
Perhaps just highlight why they're so important for our world.
When we’re younger as children we get outside we explore we climb trees.
We learn about trees in the classroom. We understand that they soak up carbon
and they release oxygen.
We also learn there are vast forests across the globe.
But the reality today is were losing huge numbers of trees over ten
billion trees are lost each year through deforestation
and yet trees are so important to us they’re important to
us for our livelihoods for our well-being for homes for nature and also in tackling climate change.
There really are so many wonders of trees and I'm just going to highlight seven of them.
The first of which is trees are social, they communicate with each other
Through a vast underground network using their root systems and fungi
they pass messages and nutrients to each other. This underground network is
known as the wood wide web
and it might just be because of this network that leads a little bit to the
next wonder of trees that of their longevity
for some trees can live for thousands of years.
And just imagine the change that has gone on when a tree manages to live for a thousand years.
And the next wonder of trees is that they can help us in the fight
against climate change. With the right trees
and the right places and protecting
and restoring our global forest trees can be part of the solution.
We are fundamentally going to have to change our behaviors.
We know that, we're going to have to reduce the emissions that we put into the atmosphere
and reduce our carbon footprints.
But trees can help us and trees are critical in the fight against climate change.
Trees drive inland water cycles,
they affect local climates as well as global climates.
Another wonder of trees, is that they are good for our health and well-being.
Trees are a source of many medicines
but trees and forests also emit phytoncides
and research has shown that these phytoncides can help us to relax
and reduce our blood pressure
and they're also good for our immune system. Spending time in forest is really good
for our health and our well-being. A well-known wonder of trees is that they are
homes for nature. From orangutans to sloths.
to lemurs to geckos and to flying snakes.
There's a huge variety of life and species that love living in trees.
Trees are home to so many species. Over 80% of the world's biodiversity
and species that live on land live in forests.
But perhaps the real wonder in trees is in their beauty
and their mystery. The vibrancy of greens the colors the autumn colors there is real beauty in trees
and then with their mystery their intricacies
and patterns the way they communicate their longevity there is real mystery in trees.
I've highlighted just seven wonders of trees
and I hope you've enjoyed listening and learning a little bit more about trees.
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