Idf by waldi gurumse, 2018

WALDI GURUMSE
Conservation Officer
INTERNATIONAL
FORESTS DAY,
2018

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

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

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

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

 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOW DO YOU TREAT
FORESTS???

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

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

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

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

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
???

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

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.

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

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

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

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

 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
REFERENCES

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