1. AFRICAN CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (ACEP)
Presents:
PLANT A MILLION REES
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2. A beautiful Green Environment
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Environmental deterioration threatens to reverse recent progress in human development for the world’s poorest nations - United Nations Report (2011)
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Water Pollution
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Available statistics had shown that sixty-four million Nigerians have no access to safe drinking water.
– Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe
Minister for Water Resources
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Almost 4 million children die each year from infections linked to pollution - Reuters
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Air and Land Pollution
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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
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FLOOD AND EROSION
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The last flood of 2012 cost Nigeria N2.6 trillion
- National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
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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
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Desertification
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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is losing 351,000 hectares of rangeland and cropland to desertification each year
- World Preservation Foundation
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Tree Planting
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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.
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17. The world’s forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children’s future
- Arch. Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Planting of new forests can help mitigate against climate change -  Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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An average size tree produces enough oxygen in one year to keep a family of four breathing
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Trees help to conserve soil and water, reduce landslides, prevent desertification and  protect coastal areas.
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21. Trees in the landscape relax us, lower heart rates, and reduce stress.
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PROJECT
PLANT A MILLION
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23. ACEP IS COMMITTED TO PLANTING A MILLION TREES BY 2020
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24. Support the initiative Support ACEP SUPPORT THE FUTURE!
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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.
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26. Help make our environment better,
safer and healthier
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PLANT A TREE TODAY!
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28. but its value is $57.151 and more
Donate Towards This Project
To plant a tree cost
N4,000 Today,
but its value is $ and more
- American Forestry Association (1992)
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THANK YOU!
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