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A banyan tree is a huge tree spread over a large area around it. The most interesting things with banyan trees are that stems come out to ground as an outgrowth of branches & support the extending branches round the tree. It’s a popular abode of birds. For its shade, people usually tired passers-by & cowboys take rest sitting under this tree. Its leaves are a common food for cattle. It’s a center for social events too. Local meetings & discussions are often held under banyan trees. People also sit there just to gossip, or play chess or cards. A banyan tree has a strong religious attachment with the people of his region. The banyan tree is the inseparable part of our history of independence. They are the great historians. We must take care of the banyan trees of our country.

“Give back the forest take your town” (Rabindranath Tagore)  By these line the poet tries to convince us about the importance of trees. The important of a forestation beggars description. On the other hand, deforestation is the indiscriminate cutting of trees. People are cutting trees to meet up their basic needs of food & housing. To get more space for cultivation people are of wood also allures people to cut trees. This a great problem in the developing countries. Trees play an important role in maintaining ecological balance by producing oxygen & taking carbon dioxide away. Due to deforestation carbon-di-oxide is increasing world wide. As a result the world is becoming wormer. The sea level is rising & many parts of the world is going to be engulfed by the sea in recent future. On the other land, new areas of the world are turning into desert’s as an immediate effect of deforestation. We may face the problem of food, soil corrosion & drought. Immediate mea...

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood & other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent drought the floods. Trees bear a great impact on the climate. If we destroy trees at random, one day the country will turn into a great desert. Again there will be no rain & as a result the country will face a great crisis. Trees keep the soil strong. Trees save us from flood & many other natural calamities. Trees prevent the rise in temperature. They give us oxygen. They prevent the rise of carbon-dioxide world wide. Thus trees maintain ecological balance. Trees give us food & shelter. They make the land fertile. We get timber from trees. This timber is used in making houses, boats, ships & furniture etc. They save the house from cyclone. They also give shade to protect us from the scorching heat of the sun. Many trees give us fruit. Trees help to cause rain. They prevent a region from becoming desert. Trees provide shelt...