Evviroment Day 2010

WORLD ENVIROMENT DAY CELEBRATION HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED VASHI Pravin Mali – QCO

The World Environment Day is a reminder to show our gratefulness to Mother Nature, which sustains all forms of life. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Objective 1. Beginning of world environment day (WED) 2. World Environment Day is designed to 3. Theme of WED 2010 4. Some facts about trees 5. Plantation in Vashi Plant 6. Appendix A : Logos of all world environment day 7. Appendix A : Themes of all world environment day Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Beginning of the World Environment Day World Environment Day was resultant effort of the United Nations General Assembly in the year 1972, which took place in Stockholm (capital of Sweden )Conference on the issue of Human Environment. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

World Environment Day is designed to 1. give a human face to environmental issues; 2. empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; 3. promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and 4. advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Theme of WED 2010 “Biodiversity — Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy” • The variety of life on our planet – known as ‘biodiversity’ - gives us our food, clothes, fuel, medicine and much, much more Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

• 5 million to 100 million species on earth : Estimated • Scientist have only managed to identify about 2 million species so far • that means there a huge amount we still don't know about our planet or whom we share it with • A total of 17,291 species are known to be threatened with extinction - from little-known plants and insects to birds and mammals • This is just the tip of the iceberg; many species disappear before they are even discovered. • Its the urgent call to conserve the diversity of life on our planet Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Some Facts About Trees 1.Trees include the largest and longest living organisms on earth. 2.Millions of hectares and billions of trees have to be planted to stabilize soil and water resources and to meet fuel wood needs. 3.To make up for the loss of trees in the past decade, we would need to plant 130 million hectares (or 1.3 million km2),. 4.Covering the equivalent of 130 million hectares would entail planting approximately 14 billion trees every year for 10 consecutive years. This would require each person to plant and care for at least two seedlings a year. 5.Rehabilitating tens of millions of hectares of degraded land and reforesting the Earth is necessary to restore and maintain the productivity of soil and water resources. 6.Expanding tree cover on denuded lands will reduce pressures on remaining primary forests, helping to preserve habitats and to safeguard the Earth’s biological diversity. It will also mitigate the building of atmospheric carbon dioxide. 7.Kyoto Protocol specifically calls for the maintenance of forests by afforestation and reforestation, and by controlling deforestation. 8.Humans have contributed to carbon dioxide emissions in two ways: by burning fossil fuels and by converting forestlands to other uses. 9.Rainforests cover only 7 per cent of the land on earth but they contain nearly half of all the trees on earth. They generate about 40 per cent of the world’s oxygen. 10.In one year, an average tree inhales 12 kilograms (26 pounds) of CO2 and exhales enough oxygen for a family of four for a year. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Some Facts About Trees 11. One hectare of trees can absorb 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. 12. A long haul flight will produce 3.75 tonnes of CO2. (or one tonne of carbon) 13. Agroforestry programmes make trees more accessible and spread their benefits more widely. Trees on farms often yield more biomass. Nitrogen-fixing trees planted in shelterbelts or interspersed with crops can enhance soil fertility, increase soil moisture and reduce erosion. 14. Agroforestry systems contribute simultaneously to buffering farmers against climate variability and to reducing atmospheric loads of greenhouse gases. 15. The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) recommends the planting of deciduous trees where water scarcity is a problem. They consume less water than evergreens during critical periods of water shortage and compete less with crops. They shed their leaves between one to six months per year and adapt to long-term rainfall patterns. Deciduous species are suitable for semi-arid areas 16. Deep roots anchor the tree and topsoil to deeper layers and increase the resistance to landslides and bank erosion under wet soil conditions. Horizontal roots bind soil and also reduce erosion. 17. Aspirin originally came from the bark of a willow tree. Quinine, the cure for malaria, comes from the bark of Cinchona trees. 18. The net forest loss per day is 20,000 hectares or the equivalent of an area twice the size of Paris. This adds up to 7.3 million hectares per year. 19. While forested lands are growing at 0.1 per cent a year in high-income countries, they are shrinking at 0.5 percent a year in low-income countries. Nevertheless, poor countries are much more dependent on natural resources as assets than rich countries. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Plantation in Vashi Plant Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

LOGOS OF WORLD ENVIROMENT DAYS Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

THEMES OF WORLD ENVIROMENT DAYS World Environment Day 2010 Theme - “Biodiversity — Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy” World Environment Day 2009 Theme - "Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change" World Environment Day 2008 Theme - "Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy" World Environment Day 2007 Theme - "Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?" World Environment Day 2006 Theme - "Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands!" World Environment Day 2005 Theme - "Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!" World Environment Day 2004 Theme - "Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?" World Environment Day 2003 Theme - "Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!" World Environment Day 2002 Theme - "Give Earth a Chance" World Environment Day 2001 Theme - "Connect with the World Wide Web of Life" World Environment Day 2000 Theme - "The Environment Millennium - Time to Act" World Environment Day 1999 Theme - "Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It!" World Environment Day 1998 Theme - "For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas" World Environment Day 1997 Theme - "For Life on Earth" World Environment Day 1996 Theme - "Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home" World Environment Day 1995 Theme - "We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment" World Environment Day 1994 Theme - "One Earth One Family" World Environment Day 1993 Theme - "Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle" World Environment Day 1992 Theme - "Only One Earth, Care and Share" Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

THEMES OF WORLD ENVIROMENT DAYS World Environment Day 1991 Theme - "Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership" World Environment Day 1990 Theme - "Children and the Environment" World Environment Day 1989 Theme - "Global Warming; Global Warning" World Environment Day 1988 Theme - "When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last" World Environment Day 1987 Theme - "Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof" World Environment Day 1986 Theme - "A Tree for Peace" World Environment Day 1985 Theme - "Youth: Population and the Environment" World Environment Day 1984 Theme -"Desertification" World Environment Day 1983 Theme - "Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy" World Environment Day 1982 Theme - "Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)" World Environment Day 1981 Theme - "Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains" World Environment Day 1980 Theme - "A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction" World Environment Day 1979 Theme - "Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction" World Environment Day 1978 Theme - "Development Without Destruction" World Environment Day 1977 Theme - "Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation" World Environment Day 1976 Theme - "Water: Vital Resource for Life" World Environment Day 1975 Theme - "Human Settlements" World Environment Day 1974 Theme - "Only one Earth" Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

As we celebrate WED, let us consider carefully the actions each of us must take, and then address ourselves to our common task of preserving all life on Earth. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

Our environment is the future of our world. If it is not healthy, then we can not think of taking a breath of peace. Pravin Mali – QCO HINDUSTAN COLAS LIMITED , VASHI

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