Planting Native Trees for a Sustainable Future in Guam
Energy Conservation: Shading keeps your buildings cooler and reduces your energy needs for air condition.
Habitat for Fauna: By planting native trees, every patch of habitat becomes part of a high biodiverse landscape that nurtures and sustain a home for Guam's native fauna.
Air Purification: Trees remove harmful particles from the air. Trees help battle climate change by absorbing and converting atmospheric carbon to solid form.
Community: People feel more peaceful surrounded by trees and are more likely to be physically active.
Beautiful surroundings: Trees have an intrinsic and aesthetic value.
Reduced Run-off: Trees intercept stormwater by absorbing and dispersing water, and therefore mitigates the threat of flooding.
Increased Property Values: Homes, goods, and services sell for more in communities with trees.
Soil Stabilization: Trees will reduce erosion by binding the soil to the sloping land with their roots. As a bonus trees with increase soil fertility, beneficial for other plants.
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