Twenty two trees are necessary to provide oxygen to only one person. So, it could be said that humans depend on vegetation to survive. Most of the vegetation, and biodiversity itself, are found in the forests. The Figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are unequivocal regarding deforestation. Between 2000 and 2010, the world lost 13 million hectares of forests annually. Or to understand it better, a surface area similar to that of Costa Rica. And this is one of the reasons which the UN proclaimed on 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012.
Raising awareness of the importance of all types of forests is important nowadays if everyone wants to improve deforestation. Fortunately, countries are more aware about this problem, and there are more events, activities or projects from local to international, involving planting trees as one of the many actions everyone can do. In fact, maybe people do not know if they search on the internet, they can also help in this issue. This is because Ecosia is a search engine as an alternative to other browsers to allocate a high percentage of the search ads to plant trees.
So yes, currently everyone can plant a tree from their own houses through a computer or anywhere with their smartphone. According to Ecosia, 80% of the search engine's advertising revenue is donated to planting trees. In addition, their benefits are used to do it in the places where they need it most. Some examples of the countries where they receive the benefits are Peru, Uganda, Nicaragua or Brasil. The platform has achieved the goal to plant more 143 millions of trees in 30 different countries at the click of a button.
Ecosia collaborates to take care of the environment through recovering vegetation in places where there is deforestation. People can search on the internet through this platform how to cook bougatsa, and at the same time they help in local places where they suffer deforestation. Planting a tree also is fundamental to preserve animals at risk of extinction, to keep agriculture alive or mitigate the effect of climate change. Only 45 searches are enough per person to plant a new tree. Now, the website still finds new users who would like to help in this project. Only at the click of a button, many things can be changed.
Raising awareness of the importance of all types of forests is important nowadays if everyone wants to improve deforestation. Fortunately, countries are more aware about this problem, and there are more events, activities or projects from local to international, involving planting trees as one of the many actions everyone can do. In fact, maybe people do not know if they search on the internet, they can also help in this issue. This is because Ecosia is a search engine as an alternative to other browsers to allocate a high percentage of the search ads to plant trees.
So yes, currently everyone can plant a tree from their own houses through a computer or anywhere with their smartphone. According to Ecosia, 80% of the search engine's advertising revenue is donated to planting trees. In addition, their benefits are used to do it in the places where they need it most. Some examples of the countries where they receive the benefits are Peru, Uganda, Nicaragua or Brasil. The platform has achieved the goal to plant more 143 millions of trees in 30 different countries at the click of a button.
Ecosia collaborates to take care of the environment through recovering vegetation in places where there is deforestation. People can search on the internet through this platform how to cook bougatsa, and at the same time they help in local places where they suffer deforestation. Planting a tree also is fundamental to preserve animals at risk of extinction, to keep agriculture alive or mitigate the effect of climate change. Only 45 searches are enough per person to plant a new tree. Now, the website still finds new users who would like to help in this project. Only at the click of a button, many things can be changed.
RAMÓN PÉREZ
Ramón is a Spanish volunteer involved in the International Day of Forests.
