VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY BELAGAVI-18,
KARNATAKA
“TREE PLANTATION DRIVE FOR BETTERMENT OF
ENVIORNMENT”
Submitted by
SHIVANAND
KUMAR
CHAUDHARY
1DS18CV134
TH
5 SEMESTER
Under the guidance of
SUDEEP Y.H
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
&
ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 22000:2005 Certified)
Bangalore -560 078
2020-2021
DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Accredited by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ Grade
(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi
&
ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 22000:2005 Certified)
Bangalore -560 078
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that AICTE 100 point programme project titled “TREE
PLANTATION” is a bonafide work carried out by SHIVANAND
CHAUDHARY(1DS18CV134) in partial fulfilment of 5th semester, Bachelor of
Engineering for the year 2020-2021. 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.
Proctor Signature Class Teacher Co-Ordinator
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of AICTE student activity is to expose
students to the real time life challenges, to provide
opportunity to gather data, analyse data, propose
solutions and implement solutions, provide an
opportunity for personal development, to create
engineers who are proud volunteers having a sense of
achievement and ready to take up projects having
social impact and to create digital awareness. The
Initial plan was revised due to the covid situation and
the students who are graduating in 2022 need to gain
50 activity points in the following manner to obtain a
degree.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Tree-planting is the process of transplanting tree
seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or
landscaping purpose. It differs from the transplantation of
larger trees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but
slower and less reliable distribution of tree seeds. 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.
In silviculture the activity is known as reforestation, or
afforestation, depending on whether the area being
planted has or has not recently been forested. It involves
planting seedlings over an area of land where the forest
has been harvested or damaged by fire, disease or human
activity. Tree planting is carried out in many different
parts of the world, and strategies may differ widely
across nations and regions and among individual
reforestation companies. Tree planting is grounded in
forest science, and if performed properly can result in the
successful regeneration of a deforested area.
Reforestation is the commercial logging industry's
answer to the large-scale destruction of old growth
forests, but a planted forest rarely replicates the
biodiversity and complexity of a natural forest .
Because trees remove carbon dioxide from the air as they
grow, tree planting can be used as a geoengineering
technique to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Desert
greening projects are also motivated by improved
biodiversity and reclamation of natural water systems,
but also improved economic and social welfare due to an
increased number of jobs in farming and forestry.
Trees help to combat global warming by absorbing
carbon dioxide, removing and storing carbon while
releasing oxygen back into the air.
They also reduce wind speeds and cool the air as they
lose moisture and reflect heat upwards from their leaves.
It’s estimated that trees can reduce the temperature in a
city by up to 7°C.
Other environmental benefits include the fact they help to
prevent flooding and soil erosion, by absorbing
thousands of litres of stormwater.
So, as you can see, humans, animals and the environment
depend upon trees for survival. Therefore, as
deforestation continues, we must put back what we’re
taking away.
By planting more trees, it will contribute to global
reforestation efforts, restoring lost forests, repairing
damaged ecosystems and mitigating climate changes.
CHAPTER II
GALLERY
CHAPTER III
CERTIFICATE
CHAPTER IV
SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
When done well, tree planting is recognised as one of the
most engaging, environmentally friendly activities that
people can take part in to better the planet. Trees provide
a multitude of benefits, both long and short term. As well
as being attractive aesthetically, they remove and store
carbon from the atmosphere, slow heavy rain and so
reduce the risk of flooding, enhance air quality and
improve the urban heat island effect by reflecting
sunlight and providing shade. In addition, the physical
weight of a tree consists of approximately 50% carbon,
as such trees have a strong climate change mitigation
effect when in high enough numbers. Some of these
benefits such as the mitigation of the urban heat island
effect and improvements to air quality are localised and
will bring the most benefits to the people who live and
otherwise spend their time in the local area. Other
benefits such as the removal of carbon from the
atmosphere will benefit the wider population, not just
those who live the most locally.
Trees greatly benefit the people living around them by
having a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing,
reducing stress and encouraging outdoor exercise. This is
in addition to the benefits they will receive from an
improved environmental quality and improved amenity
which comes with planted areas.
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION
The central conclusion from the analysis is that role of
plantation forests, in meeting future wood and fibre
demands, will increase during the next 30 years,
irrespective of future rates of plantation establishment.
Trees in the ground already largely determine wood
supplies from forest plantation for the next decade. In
many countries, a considerable increase in areas of
plantation forests reaching harvestable age will occur. By
2010 the annual yield of plantation-grown industrial
roundwood is estimated to increase from its current 414
million to around 600 million m3yr-1.
Beyond 2010, plantation production forecasts are
increasingly dependent on assumptions of new planting
rates, and on assumptions of improvements in annual
increments. There is scope, depending on policy
decisions and markets, for forest plantations to play a
dominant role in industrial wood and fibre supplies. A
more likely scenario is that the proportion of forest
plantation-grown wood will increase, but natural forests
will continue to supply a modest majority of industrial
roundwood.
The question of where future plantation forest
development is most likely to occur remains unclear. At
present, many governments remain active in plantation
forest establishment, either directly, through state
planting programmes, or indirectly, by providing
incentives to the private sector. In some instances
plantations realising non-market values can justify
incentives. In other cases the incentives are merely
maintaining wood supply capacity. In any event, under
these circumstances, competitive and comparative
advantages are not clearly emerging.