We all need trees. They’re not only magnificent, they’re also necessary for our health and can save lives.
DEA is proud to have teamed up with WWF-Australia to launch a major new report on the growing evidence connecting trees and forests to human physical and mental health.
Trees:
- Boost our physical and mental health
- Filter our air and water
- Provide homes for pollinators that underpin much of our food supplies
- Cool our communities
- Help protect us from infectious diseases
- Connect to Country
- Help curb climate change- the biggest threat to health this century
- And more
Despite the amazing benefits we derive from trees, they’re facing major challenges from deforestation and land clearing.
It’s essential that we protect them- for our health’s sake.
Trees: The Forgotten Health Heroes of Our Health WWF and DEA Report - PDF (March 2023)