# Intrinsic benefits **Intrinsic benefits are the most plentiful reward for supporting Greenstand; our supporters can know they have made a valuable impact in the following areas:** * Poverty - supporting populations who would not otherwise have access to environmentally or economically sustainable income opportunities * Industry - participating in an incredibly important movement helping to bring accountability and transparency to tree-planting initiatives worldwide * Climate - as trees grow, they mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere, thereby cooling our overheated planet * Ecosystem – planting trees is associated with myriad co-benefits including: * Reduction of erosion, landslides, floods, and other catastrophic climate events * Increased nutrient cycling and water purification * Expansion of wildlife habitats that support a diverse array of wildlife * Future Generations - these improvements to existing tree planting models and the resulting positive climate impacts will continue to benefit our world for all of the generations that will one day inhabit it ### ### ### --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.greenstand.org/operations/intrinsic-benefits.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.