Trees not only beautify the environment but also provide us with healthy air by getting rid of air pollution. The most serious threat to human survival today is climate change and trees have an important role to play in addressing it. Loving and caring for trees has been part of the historical, cultural and social values of many nations.
It was a custom among the pharaohs of Egypt that the deceased would write a brief list of his good deeds on the wall of the tomb. A king wrote "I have not cut down the trees, I have not polluted the water of the Nile". In ancient Egypt, cutting down trees was considered a sin. The tree that appeared to Moses as the Burning Bush is preserved within the ancient shrine of St. Catherine. The tree under which Hazrat Jesus (peace be upon him) hid from the enemies along with his mother Bibi Maryam is now preserved in the form of a dry trunk in the yard of a church in Cairo. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were among the seven wonders of antiquity that Bakht Nasr planted for the pleasure of his wife. Even if these gardens are fictional, it is proof of the love of trees of the Transylvanian civilizations. If you see, Hassan bin Sabah had also created such a charming environment in his self-made paradise with the abundance of trees, which pushed many people into such a mire of misguidance that they lost their lives. There are no signs of these gardens left, but several thousand-year-old cypress trees are still preserved in Lebanon, which are mentioned in the Bible.