VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BELAGAVI-18, KARNATAKA

“PLANTING TREES”

SUBMITTED BY
SIMAL MOHAMMED
1DS19CV105

DEPARTMENT OF C I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G

DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Accredited by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ Grade, An
Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi

Bangalore -560 078

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

PROF.RESHMA EK
Department of CIVIL ENGINEERING
 DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Accredited by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ Grade, An
Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi

Bangalore -560 078

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that AICTE 100 point programme project titled “PLANTING TREES” is a
bonafide work carried out by Simal Mohammed (1DS19CV105) in partial fulfillment of
Bachelor of Engineering. It is certified that the corrections/suggestions indicated for internal
assessment have been incorporated in the report deposited in the department library. The report
has been approved.

Prof. Reshma EK Prof. Pramod BV

(Signature of Proctor) (Signature of Class Teacher)

 ABSTRACT

Trees beautify our surroundings, produce oxygen, absorb pollutants, sequester greenhouse gases,
regulate temperature, and prevent soil erosion, besides acting as wind barriers. They are grown for
their aesthetic value in landscapes and economic importance. Environmental pollution is one of the
key problems faced in our modern world. Though there has been massive technological
advancement in recent days, it has also brought negative environmental effects. By doing a simple
thing like planting a tree, we shall be making the worlda better place and for sure we shall always live
to be proud of our achievement. Saving the environment is not just an issue anymore. It is a survival
truth. Individuals, organizations, and governments need to come together and join hands to protect
what is left of our planet so that the future is not wiped out before it’s time for a curtain call.
 INTRODUCTION

Tree planting has become a cornerstone of many environmental campaigns in recent years.The call to
plant trees is everywhere, seen as a simple and effective way to help reduce the impact of carbon
emissions and restore natural ecosystems.

Perhaps the most ambitious example is the 1 trillion trees campaign launched by the WorldEconomic
Forum in Davos in January 2020 in support of the UN’s Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, which
aims to restore, protect, or plant 1 trillion trees by 2030. That followed a similarcampaign aiming to
plant 1 trillion trees by 2050 which was kicked off in 2018 by nature nonprofitsincluding WWF.

This year Brits have been encouraged to join a nationwide tree-planting effort in honor of the
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Redditors have even got in on the act when in 2019 when they created a flood of memes encouraging
prominent YouTuber Mr. Beast to plant 20 million trees to celebrate hitting 20 millionsubscribers. Mr.
Beast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, accepted the challenge, started a fundraiser, and teamed up with
the tree conservation charity the Arbour Day Foundation to help smash the target.

IMPORTANCE OF TREE PLANTING

 Trees are the ultimate carbon storage machines — 400 tons of carbon can be locked into
just one hectare.
 Restoring a forest, the size of the US would store 205 billion tons of carbon — two-thirds
of the 300bn tons emitted since the industrial revolution.
 Tree planting initiatives must be well-researched and planned —bad programmes will do
more harm than good.

HOW TREES WORK

Trees are the ultimate carbon storage machines. Like all plants, they take carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere for their own growth and energy, a process called photosynthesis. They produce oxygen
which we breathe as a byproduct of this process.
Woodlands and forests can lock up carbon for centuries – which is something humans andthe planet
desperately need them for, given the damage done to the atmosphere by carbon-emitting human
activity.

According to the Woodland Trust, a UK conservation charity, 400 tons of carbon can be locked into
one hectare (which is 10,000 square metres — or about two and a half football pitches)of woodland
alone.

It follows then that cutting down trees has serious consequences for carbon emissions. A 2018 study
found that in Oregon, US, logging had been responsible for releasing 33 million tons of carbon
dioxide each year since 2000, dwarfing other sources of carbon emissions such as transportation in
the state.

All trees store carbon but it’s thought that tropical rainforests are even more useful when itcomes to
defending against climate change. They grow rapidly and produce rainforest cloud coverthat reflects
the sun’s rays back into space, according to the Rainforest Alliance. They are also vitalfor the weather
system – helping to create rain through the water vapour transpiring from their leaves which in turn
helps prevent droughts in the region.

Estimates for the amount of carbon in the atmosphere that the Amazon rainforest has stored vary
hugely. But whatever the figure, studies have shown that it has helped to mitigate the carbon
emissions produced by all the nations in its surrounding area.

For all of these reasons, climate scientists have hailed the benefits of planting trees and protecting
the trees that we already have.

A huge study from ETZ Zurich University, published in 2019, concluded that restoring a very large
area of forest globally, equivalent to the size of the US, would store 205 billion tons ofcarbon. That’s
about two-thirds of the 300 billion tons that have been released into the atmosphere as a result of
human activity since the industrial revolution, the study found. Professor Thomas Crowther, who led
the study, said that the results were “mind-blowing.” He said: “We all knew that restoring forests
could play a part in tackling climate change, but we didn’t really know how big the impact would
be…But we must act quickly, as new forests will take decades to mature and achieve their full
potential as a source of natural carbon storage.”
However, both global warming and deforestation pose a huge threat to the important role forests
play in protecting the planet.

Recently, devastating evidence has emerged that because of the damage done to the Amazon
rainforest, it is losing its ability to store carbon. In fact various activities both natural and human-
caused are leading to it in some cases releasing greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide
into the atmosphere. As a result, scientists are extremely concerned by emerging evidence that parts
of the Amazon are becoming a carbon source, not a carbon sink.

Drying wetlands and soil compaction from logging, for example, can increase emissions of the
greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, a study from March 2021 concludes.

Another study from May 2021 found that rising temperatures can slow down a tree’s ability to
photosynthesise as quickly, although the process still happens.

Why planting trees alone isn’t enough?

While all this evidence means it is vital that forests are protected and more trees are grown so that
future generations can benefit from their carbon-capture capacity, there’s evidence that we cannot
rely simply on “planting trees” to save the world from climate change.

In 2020 some scientific research suggested that if tree-planting initiatives are badlydesigned they can
actually be unhelpful. That’s because of the risk of them creating not particularly diverse
“monoculture” (meaning one type of species) areas of woodland, and because there is a debate about
how much carbon very young trees can actually capture, according to an article aboutthe studies by
the BBC.

Professor Eric Lambin from Stanford University pointed to a scheme in Chile that he found
accelerated biodiversity loss. “If policies to incentivise tree plantations are poorly designed or poorly
enforced, there is a high risk of not only wasting public money but also releasing more carbon and
losing biodiversity,"
 ADVANTAGES OF TREE PLANTING

THE BENEFITS OF PLANTING TREES

 Absorb Carbon Dioxide

 They convert carbon dioxide into oxygen
 Reduce Air Pollution
 Are a Source of Food
 Preserve Soil
 Reduce Hospital Admissions & Deaths
 Increase Property Values
 ACTIVITY

AIM: “PLANTING OF SAPLINGS AND SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT

ENVIRONMENT” among people.

WHAT WE DID:
1. As we know nowadays the population of trees are decreasing in Bangalore,
so we thought of initiating a plan for planting for trees .
2. We volunteered to the nearby colonies and bus stands where there were no trees
planted.
3. We planted trees there and we awared the people for planting more treesin
their colonies.
4. There were among 6 houses with around 40 residents in the colony of SBI
Prime residency kodichikkanahalli and the colony is located behind Vega city
mall.

IMPACT:
 They got to know about our initiative and they were very supportive to help us.
 In the sense we helped our community by spreading awareness about the
advantages related to the environment and we also volunteered to help them in
educating the benefits of planting of trees.
 Nowadays the heat has been increased due to the reduced population of trees in
Bangalore.
 In future it will be very difficult to live in Bangalore due to the humidity problems
and we must remember that.
PHOTOS
 CONCLUSION

Trees contribute to their environment over long periods of time by providing oxygen, improving air
quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife. During the
process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe.

I think it’s fair to say that trees are good and have so many benefits. It’s no wonder that there are so
many tree-planting projects around the world. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that
planting trees is always good, however what is often not taken into account is wherethe tree-planting
is taking place.
CERTIFICATE