1) The document discusses the need for sustainable consumption and reducing food waste globally and locally in Nigeria. It notes that $1 trillion worth of food is wasted every year, which could feed 800 million people. 2) In Nigeria, 400,000 hectares of forest are lost annually due to various factors like farming, and deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Adopting green habits and a green economy is important to conserve the environment for future generations. 3) Individual actions like reducing waste by shutting off taps and lights when not in use, reusing items, recycling, composting food waste, and volunteering for conservation causes can contribute to a more sustainable future.

1. WED2015
THINKBEFORE YOU
EAT
Abiodun A. Denloye, Ph. D
Dept. of Zoology and Environmental Biology
Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos.
www.denloye.com
F O R T R U T H A N D S E R V IC E

2. Theme:
SEVEN BILLION DREAMS, ONE PLANET, CONSUME
CAREFULLY
VENUE: Onikan Stadium, Lagos
DATE: 5TH
June 2015
TIME: 10 am
ORGANIZER: Lagos State Ministry of Environment
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2015

3. People, Planet and Dreams

4. We must eat and grow
 As individuals – Seven billion people of the
world
 As States – 36 States in Nigeria + FCT
 As Countries – 206 Countries countries of the
world
 As companies – > 600, 000 companies in
Nigeria
 As families – Your family and all of us
 As schools – How many schools are there?

5. Ponder this over –
Food worth $1 Tn is wasted every year.
“One-third of all food
produced globally
each year– 300
million tonnes – is
wasted. This waste
costs the global
economy a staggering
one trillion dollars a
year” –
AchimSteiner,
UNEPExecutiveDirector.

6. What and how do you eat? What and how did they eat
during the inauguration dinner?

7. How much forfood? How much forwaste?
 Every year we budget huge sums of money for feeding even in
government places.
 The budget for each year also rubs off on feeding and food that
lands on the table of individuals.
 The sad news is that much of this food is thrown away as leftover
and therefore thrown away as waste.
 In the 206 countries that make up the world, it is estimated that the
leftover could feed up to 800 million people ie more than four times
the people of Nigeria.
 We can cascade this down to Nigeria as a country, one state, a
local government area, a school, a family and see how much is
being wasted which could still serve to fill several empty stomachs.

8. The implication of waste:
 Deforestation: The global food system is
responsible for 80 per cent of deforestation
 Biodiversity loss: It is also the largest single cause
of species and biodiversity loss.
 WaterUse: > 70 per cent of freshwater used up to
prepare food.
 Pesticides and Herbicides: Hazardous
consequences of pesticide use
 Packaging materials: The environmental effects of
non-degradable packaging

9. Deforestation
 Nigeria loses 400, 000
hectares of forests
annually
 Nigeria has the world’s
highest deforestation rate
– www.mongabay.com
 Deforestation due to:
 Land clearing for farming
 Oil prospecting
 Bush burning
 Fuel wood collection
 Civil engineering
construction
 Electrification project

10. Distinct vegetation zones endowed with vast
biodiversity
BIODIVERSITY IN NIGERIA

11. Nigeria is rich in many unique species but so many are threathened with
extinction

12. In thinking of what to do and what to eat, we
must think Sustainable environment. What is
SE?
 The surrounding of Man used by him presently
in a manner that it would be available and safe
for future generations.
The Environment includes:
 The atmosphere
 Soil
 Water
 Plant and animal Species (Biodiversity)

13. “the de ve lo pm e nt that m e e ts the ne e ds o f the
pre se nt witho ut causing future g e ne ratio ns to be
unable to m e e t the ir o wn ne e ds ” – Gro Harle m
Brundtland
Sustainable Development

14. Concepts of Sustainable
Development
 The two concepts of sustainable development
 1. needs, in particular the e sse ntialne e ds o f
the wo rld's po o r, to which o ve rriding prio rity
sho uld be g ive n;
 2. limitations im po se d by the state o f
te chno lo g y and so cialo rg aniz atio n o n the
e nviro nm e nt's ability to m e e t pre se nt and
future ne e ds. “
 *We m ust cultivate g re e n e co no m y.

15. WHAT IS THE COLOUR OF
CHANGE?

16. What about green economy?

17. PAGE– Partnership for Action on Green
Economy
 Include 65 countries already
 They Shift investment and policies towards
 Practise clean technologies
 Build and operate resource-efficient
infrastructure,
 Have well-functioning ecosystems,
 Green skilled labour
 Good governance.

18. Green cars: Solarpowered (unveiled in Nigeria last weekby a
senator-elect); LithiumPowered car(to be on sale in 2018).

19. At the individual and collective levels we
must cultivate green habits.
What are these habits?
MAJOR AREAS OF LIFE
WHERE THINK GREEN
HABITS

20. RECYCLE: Everyone should recycle at home and in
offices. The can drinks, the nylon materials, bottles, etc
can be recycled.

21. REUSE: There are many items that can be used repeatedly. Don’t
throw such things away after the first time you used them. Use
them again.

22. Reduce your use of materials and therefore, waste
can be minimized. Minimising waste is a green
habit.

23. Reduce Waste
1. Shut off all
taps when
not in use
2. Turn off all
lights when
not needed
3. Don’t buy
what you
don’t need
4. Eat less,
but eat well
5. Join public
transport
instead of
going with
your
private car.

24. Be organic, be natural, be safe
A. Don’t just lookat the oranges
buy and take. Not flavoured drinks
B. Use organic manures instead of
fertilizers

25. Don’t throw away food
Save: Preserve it till the next time
you need it.
Donate: Someone else need what
you are about to throw away

26. Compost it instead of just throwing
it away

27. Eat at home and don’t eat junks. By this you save
money.

28. Late Professor Emmanuel Obot. He died for a green cause. He worked for
the Nigeria Conservation foundation. NCF. Inset is Prof. Wangari Mathaai,
Kenya receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for Environmental Protection.
Volunteer for a green cause.

29. Biodiversity Conservation
NCF, Lekki Lagos
Lagos Urban Forest and Animal
Sanctuary Est. 2014

30. Be involved in Green Activities like
walk for nature.

31. Involve in Ecotourism

32. Closing

33. THANK
YOU
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