EVERY ROTIARAN PLANT A TREE
1.2 MILLION TREE PLANTING CHALLENGE
by Earth Day - 20th April 2018
Why Plant Trees?
- Trees can be engines of economic development
- Nutrition for people, animals & wild life
- Building materials & fuel
- Canopies to cool, reduce energy use, absorb pollution & increase land values
- Trees can protect the environment
- Increase ground water, prevent runoff, improve soil fertility & reduce soil loss
- Create habitat for wildlife
- Produce oxygen, use carbon dioxide, improve health
- Slow global warming by storing carbon
- Trees can provide spiritual renewal
Tree Planting - Practices & Principles
- Consult local professionals
- Carefully plan the project
- Evaluate the site: sunlight, water, wind, temperature, soil, fertility and security
- Select trees adapted to the site and pest and disease resistant
- Plant at the right time using proper planting techniques
- Establish a maintenance schedule
- Care for the trees until they are established
- and flourishing
Trees Bring People Together
Tree Projects we can get involved in
Trees in the UK
Woodland Trust
- Decreasing area of trees
- Woodland Trust offer
- 45 trees for £60 (true cost £150) available from 1st November
- 8 selections of three lots of 15 trees are available
- via Rotary GB&I web site or rotarytrees@gmail.com
Wider Concerns
- >80 % - natural forests destroyed
- Deforestation & desertification
- Tree felling for building, fuel, crops & livestock
- Major drivers of climate change
- Conflicts over natural resources
Protecting the Environment, Improving Livelihoods
We are a wonderfully dedicated group of almost 2,000 Rotarians spread across 46 clubs in Uganda and Tanzania.
Our Purpose - To protect the environment and reduce the adverse effects of Climate change and improve the income levels of susceptible groups.
Our Vision - Creating awareness and encourage green habits and fostering in a sustainable growth and development.
Our Mission - To create a community “empowered” with green character
through green behavior.
- Encouraging tree planting
- UK Rotary Clubs contribution*
- £100 will buy 50 seedlings
- Contacts:- paul_keeley@hotmail.com or sgginfo16@gmail.com
- Tanzanian Rotary Clubs make tree-planting a regular Club activity
- Partnership with multinational food companies
- Building supply chains & processing factories for high value horticulture produce
- Building a network of farmer-owned cooperatives
- Mulberry, almond and pomegranate
- Maximise demand for farmers to create sustainability