Deforestation-Deforestaction – Planting trees for Peace to show that we care

submitted by St. Francis Primary Cospicua - Malta : The Forest Team  for 7-10
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Dissemination description: This article was fixed on a board at our school. It was also uploaded on our school website with the following link: http://www.stfrancis.edu.mt/Circulars/PlantingtreesforPeacetoshowthatwecare.pdf
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As responsible students, to show that we care about ‘Deforestation’ which is the removal of a forest or of various trees, we needed to implement actions regarding ‘Deforestaction’. Thus, our school took the opportunity to be involved in the ‘Plant a Tree for Peace’ activity.
Being aware of this global problem, students collected money for eight trees to be planted during this event. Besides this, we joined in some workshops were we had the opportunity to learn and enhance our knowledge about different topics such as: the problems pests like the red palm weevil cause to the environment, how our forefathers used the palm leaves to earn a living, various tips on how it is best to grow oak trees and dwarf fan palms from seeds. All these were followed by an explanation about the type of plants that one can find in the community at the nature park.