Tree Facts

• One person causes about 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide to be emitted a year. One tree removes about a tonne of CO2 over its lifetime.
  
  
• By cooling the air and ground around them, the shade from trees helps cool the Earth's temperature
  
  
• A single mature beech tree can produce enough oxygen for 10 people in a year.
  
  
• Trees renew our air supply by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
  
  
• Shade trees can make buildings up to 20 degrees cooler in the summer.
  
  
• Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
  
  
• Tree roots stabilize soil and prevent erosion.
  
  
• Trees improve water quality by slowing and filtering rain water, as well as protecting aquifers and watersheds.
  
  
• Over one given year; one hectare of mature woodland will absorb the carbon emissions of 100 average family cars.
  
  
• It is estimated that the average person in the UK consumes the equivalent of 12 trees a year. This present rate of world consumption is unsustainable and yet trees are vital to our life on earth.