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  2. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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    As TIME Magazine reported, it is widely believed that in the Middle Ages, modern-day Germany revealed the first real Christmas trees. After all, "In 1419, a guild in Freiburg put up a tree ...

  3. Urban forestry - Wikipedia

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    Trees may live a long and healthy life if they continue to receive proper management in the form of maintenance and pruning, which sustains the value of the urban forest. [58] Moreover, after death, trees have the potential to remain profitable to the community— if utilized correctly.

  4. Reforestation - Wikipedia

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    Trees For Life (Brooklyn Park) is a state based organization, which was established back in 1981 and delivers conservation, revegetation and community training programs. It now has thousands of active supporters [ 164 ] and energizes activity within communities.

  5. Forest - Wikipedia

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    Understory is made up of bushes, shrubs, and young trees that are adapted to living in the shade of the canopy. Canopy is formed by the mass of intertwined branches, twigs, and leaves of mature trees. The crowns of the dominant trees receive most of the sunlight. This is the most productive part of the trees, where maximum food is produced.

  6. Why Raleigh is planting over 1,000 street trees in some city ...

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    Trees are like cities,” the city’s mayor pro tem says. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... That community engagement is one of the most important parts of ...

  7. Opinion: Why disappearing trees are so bad for our climate ...

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    The Earth’s trees absorb more than 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide — about a fifth of what the world lets out into its atmosphere — and release it back as oxygen or bind it into ...

  8. Tree care - Wikipedia

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    While the perceived risk of death by falling trees (a part of the "tree risk" complex) is influenced by media and often hyped (the objective risk has been reported to be close to 1 : 10.000.000, almost as low as death by lightning), [6] singular events have encouraged a "proactive" stance so that even lightly damaged trees are likely to be removed in urban and public traffic surroundings. [3]

  9. Deforestation - Wikipedia

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    In these areas, the loss of grass due to the presence of trees and other shrubbery leads to more erosion than when trees are removed. [207] Soils are reinforced by the presence of trees, which secure the soil by binding their roots to soil bedrock. Due to deforestation, the removal of trees causes sloped lands to be more susceptible to landslides.