The document discusses how trees are used in developing countries for fuel, building materials, and food. Wood is the main fuel source and is gathered by family members, often women carrying large loads on their heads. Trees provide shade, fruits, and nuts as a food source. Conservation efforts aim to limit clearing of trees by keeping grazing animals in contained areas.

1. Trees for Life
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2. Gathering Wood
In developing countries, wood is the
main source of fuel.

3. Gathering Wood
Wood is gathered by family members to
cook with during the day.

4. Gathering Wood
When the loads are very big or very
heavy, women will carry the wood in a
basket on their head. This helps them
support the weight.

5. Gathering Wood
Here you see a woman in Vietnam
carrying a large load of wood back to
her family’s home.

6. Wood for fences
Wood is also used for other
purposes. Here wood is being
used to build a fence in
Zimbabwe.

7. Wood for
houses
Wood is also used for other
purposes. This house in
Zimbabwe was build from
wood.

8. Wood for fires
Wood is being used as a fuel source for
this open fire to cook meals.

9. Trees are
Important
Look closely at this picture.
How is the large tree helpful to
the people in the photograph?

10. Trees for Food
Many fruits and nuts grow on trees,
such as bananas, apples, and almonds.

11. Trees in the
Community
How is this tree is helpful for
the community? People are
sitting under it to keep cool in
the shade. In some places,
classrooms are outside and
students sit under a big tree.

12. Conserving Trees
This slide shows how people are trying
to limit their impact on the
environment. By keeping cows and
other grazing animals close, less land
and trees have to be cleared. This is a
conservation strategy.