Being a presentation at EDEN Creation Care Initiative Jos during the celebration of International Day of Forests, 21st March, 2018. This culminated in a Live discussion during the 7pm news hour of NTA Jos TV same day...

2. WALDI GURUMSE
Conservation Officer
INTERNATIONAL
FORESTS DAY,
2018

3. Forests
and cities

4. ???

5. WHAT DO YOU
SEE?

7. What are forests???

8. © WWF-Canon / Simon
Rawles & © Brent
Stirton / Getty Images /
WWF-UK

9. Is a dense
collection of
trees covering a
relatively large
area.
It is larger than
woodlands.
FOREST?

10. Forests are so
much more than
a collection of
trees.
FOREST?

11. Forests are
essential for life
on earth.
300 million
people worldwide
live in forests
1.6 billion depend
on them for their
livelihoods.
FOREST?

12.  Forests are home to 80%
of the world’s terrestrial
biodiversity.
 Forests also provide
habitat for a vast array of
plants and animals, many of
which are still
undiscovered.
 They protect our
watersheds.
 They inspire wonder and
provide places for
recreation.
 They supply the oxygen we
need to survive.
 They provide the timber
for products we use every
day.
Many, Many
importance!

13. Forests are
being destroyed
and degraded at
alarming rates. BUT!

15. STATISTICALLY
18.7 million acres
are lost annually,
(equivalent to 27 soccer fields
every minute)

16. The largest
rainforest worldwide
It lost at least 17% of
its forest cover in the
last half century due
to human activity.
The
Amazon

17. The island of
Sumatra & Bornoe
has lost 85% of its
forests
Due to conversion
for oil palm and pulp
plantations—
In
Indonesia

18. A palm oil plantation in Borneo, Malaysia, shows
deforested land.
© naturepl.com / Juan Carlos Munoz / WWF-Canon

19. How many
percent is lost in
Nigeria due to;
- fuel wood
cutting,
- Rosewood
‘madrid’
exploration etc…
Nigeria’s
forests

21. Deforestation comes in
many forms;
- fires,
-clear-cutting for
agriculture,
-unsustainable logging for
timber
How
Deforestation
comes

22. - Infrastructural
development,
-degradation due
to climate
change
…
How
Deforestation
happens…

23. HOW DO YOU TREAT
FORESTS???

24. ???

25. What is a city?

28. Jos is a city in the
middle belt of
Nigeria.
Population - about
900,000 residents
(2006 census)
 Popularly called
"J-town"
“J-Town”

30. POPULATION:
about 21,300,000
(2015 estimate)
Lagos…

31. CITY:
Is a place with high
population and the
heart of commercial,
financial, economic,
cultural and tourist
centers …
???

32. CITY:
A city is a legally defined
entity with a structured
system of governance, and
which has delegated
powers to oversee local
legislation as well as the
management of resources.
Legal
definition

33. Different countries
in the world have
different
demographics for
cities;
France and Israel -
set a minimum of
2,000 people
US and Mexico, a
city should have at
least 2,500 people
???

34. Japan where
cities must have
at least 30,000
people.
Nigeria???
???

35. TOWN:
A settlement
larger than a
village and
smaller than a
city…
VILLAGE:
A rural
habitation of
size between a
hamlet and a
town…
CITY:
A large
settlement
bigger than a
town.

36. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

37. ???
Characteristics
of cities

38. Cities generally
have extensive
systems for;
-Housing
-Transportation
-Sanitation
-Utilities
-Land use
-Communication
Things in
the city

39. Disease Outbreak
Population
explosion
Excessive heat
Crimes:
- Robbery
- Fraud
(Ponzi Schemes)
Flooding
Infrastructure
Failure
Challenges
in a city

40. ???

42. GREEN
CITIES

43. “…Having green cities is
becoming like ‘making a camel go
through the eye of a needle’…”

44. FAST
DISAPPEARING:
-Infrastructure
needs
-urbanization and
industrialization
-Population
explosion
- Misuse of green
areas
WHY GREEN
CITIES ARE
DISAPPEARING
…

45. THANK
YOU!

46.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
 https://www.worldatlas.com/articl
es/what-is-the-difference-
between-a-city-and-a-town.html
 http://www.plateaustate.gov.ng/p
age/lands-survey-and-town-
planning
 http://www.nairaland.com/231371
6/jos-city-captivating-landscape
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