AFRICAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (ACEP) Presents: PLANT A MILLION REES African Centre For Environmental Protection

A beautiful Green Environment African Centre For Environmental Protection

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African Centre For Environmental Protection Environmental deterioration threatens to reverse recent progress in human development for the world’s poorest nations - United Nations Report (2011) African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Water Pollution African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Available statistics had shown that sixty-four million Nigerians have no access to safe drinking water. – Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe Minister for Water Resources African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Almost 4 million children die each year from infections linked to pollution - Reuters African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Air and Land Pollution African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Particulate air pollution is responsible for the prevalence of airborne diseases like eye infections, asthma, chronic bronchitis, skin and cardiovascular diseases. -Chartered Institute of Environmental Health African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection FLOOD AND EROSION African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection The last flood of 2012 cost Nigeria N2.6 trillion - National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection At the speed the gully erosion is advancing in the East one can predict with a high degree of certainty that many communities will become extinct in the next 10 years Prof. Boniface Egboka Professor of Environmental Hydrogeology African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Desertification African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is losing 351,000 hectares of rangeland and cropland to desertification each year - World Preservation Foundation African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Tree Planting African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection BENEFIT OF TREES Timbers is used for wood, construction and other materials Restoration, reclamation and rejuvenation of denuded and disturbed soils. We use trees to control soil erosion, improve soil nutrients and combat desertification. T R E S Ecological and Environmental uses: Trees eliminate air pollutants and also maintains biodiversity. Educational and recreational value: Trees are used in garden, Landscaping, bio-aesthetic, culture religion etc. It is used for sustenance ie Food, fuel, shelter, medicine, oils etc. African Centre For Environmental Protection

The world’s forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children’s future - Arch. Bishop Desmond Tutu African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Planting of new forests can help mitigate against climate change -  Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection An average size tree produces enough oxygen in one year to keep a family of four breathing African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection Trees help to conserve soil and water, reduce landslides, prevent desertification and  protect coastal areas. African Centre For Environmental Protection

Trees in the landscape relax us, lower heart rates, and reduce stress. African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection PROJECT PLANT A MILLION African Centre For Environmental Protection

ACEP IS COMMITTED TO PLANTING A MILLION TREES BY 2020 African Centre For Environmental Protection

Support the initiative Support ACEP SUPPORT THE FUTURE! African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection WAYS TO SUPPORT ACEP Invite ACEP to your meetings and conferences to talk on Environmental issues and possible solution. Partnering with ACEP to Plant trees in your organization or Community. Join ACEP Eco-Club and Sponsor others to join. African Centre For Environmental Protection

Help make our environment better, safer and healthier African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection PLANT A TREE TODAY! African Centre For Environmental Protection

but its value is $57.151 and more Donate Towards This Project To plant a tree cost N4,000 Today, but its value is $57.151 and more - American Forestry Association (1992) African Centre For Environmental Protection

African Centre For Environmental Protection THANK YOU! African Centre For Environmental Protection