How pleasant it is sometimes to find yourself in a green forest, to inhale fresh air saturated with the aroma of wood tar and herbs, to hear the tips of trees whispering among themselves, passing through the small leaves the rays of sunlight. It simply fascinates, makes you forget about everything and immerse yourself in the world of nature.
The forest is the richness of our entire Earth, filled with life. Thanks to it the climate is formed, oxygen appears, harmful emissions are destroyed. But, unfortunately, the area of green plantations of the world is decreasing every year. According to experts, over the last 10 thousand years, 26 billion square meters of land were destroyed by man. km of forests.
In order to somehow influence the consciousness of people and preserve the "lungs" of our nature, a special holiday was proclaimed - International Forest Day. According to experts, 1.5 grams of pristine forests disappear on the Earth every second. This can be explained by increasing the number of people who convert the forest territory to human needs. Such a reduction of forest ecosystems can lead to irreversible and unfavorable processes in the natural environment, which will negatively affect human life. About how today in the world try to solve this problem, we will tell in our article.
International Forest Day
For the first time this holiday sounded as an official calling for the protection of forests in 1971. At the 23rd congress of the UN General Assembly on the initiative of the European Agriculture Confederation and the support of other agricultural organizations, it was decided to sign a decree on the International Day of Forest, which was appointed on March 20 or 21. It is in these days in the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth comes the spring equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere - the autumnal.
The purpose and objectives of the young holiday is to inform the public about the importance of forests in the life of the entire population of the planet, maintaining them in their pristine condition, protecting methods, caring for green spaces and rational use of them as raw materials.
To this end, all UN member states hold special events for the day of the forest, which focuses on the need to protect and renew forests. 20 or on March 21 all kinds of exhibitions, actions, contests, flash mobs and campaigns for planting new trees are arranged. As a result of attracting the population, local authorities in the countries, a deliberate policy of afforestation and reforestation is actively pursued.
All-Russian Forest Day
For the Russian Federation, this holiday is especially important, because in its territory there is literally a fifth of all world forests and almost the same amount of the world's timber stock. The date of the day of the forest in Russia is not exactly defined, because they celebrate the holiday every second Saturday of May, and sometimes because of unfavorable weather conditions, all activities have to be postponed. For the first time, Russians celebrated this holiday on May 14 in 2011, when an action was held to plant trees.
Green plantations for Russia are a real national wealth. It has a great contribution not only to the development of the economy, being a source of raw materials, but also to the development of the biosphere, since it is one of its most important components. All these provisions determine the conditions of life on the territory of the state and on the whole Earth, therefore we - people should take care of themselves for themselves, look after them and replenish the ranks with new seedlings.