World Environment Day 2017 World Environment Day 2017

THEME: Connecting People to Nature THEME:Tool Box Wastewater Talk VeoliaTool Middle Box Talk East Veolia Middle East Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for 2017, ‘Connecting People to Nature’, urges us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and to think about how we are part of nature and how intimately we depend on it. It challenges us to find fun and exciting ways to experience and cherish this vital relationship.

Nature’s gifts are often hard to value in monetary terms. Like clean air, they are often Billions of rural people around the world spend every taken for granted, at least until they become working day ‘connected to nature’ and appreciate full well scarce. However, economists are developing their dependence on natural water supplies and how nature ways to measure the multi-trillion-dollar worth provides their livelihoods in the form of fertile soil. They are of many so-called ‘ecosystem services’, from among the first to suffer when ecosystems are threatened, insects pollinating fruit trees to the leisure, whether by pollution, climate change or over-exploitation. health and spiritual benefits of a hike up a valley. WATCH THESE VIDEOS !!! Click on images The Veolia Tool Kit for World Environment Day is to raise awareness on the environment and biodiversity protection! Station 1 • Veolia & the Environment

The idea is an Interactive Roadshow/Workshop Format with different Station 2 • Protected areas in the region people at each station to present the subject: • Each has a station and presents the different facts, devices and challenges • Teams walk around the stations and Station 3 • Game - per nationality speak to each of the stations

Station 4 • How can you help ?

There are about 1500 protected areas in the 22 countries of the region (Middle East & North Africa), but only five countries have protected more than 10% of their land. As for marine, with the exception of Jordan, no country has reached the 10% target, with most countries still below 1%. Veolia Nationalities with Nature

Veolia Middle East has an amazing 59 countries represented by its employees.

To connect our People to Nature, we have taken a native animal from each country…..

Can you match them to their country? Remember don’t keep to country borders so they might be in more than one of the countries

Eurasian Spiny Dogfish

Corsican Hare

Red Squirrel 8 Europe & South America

Dolphin Wolf European , White Stork and Bielik Eagle

Turul (Mythological Creature) Bull Lynx Balloon Fish

9 Asia

Saltwater Crocodile Royal Bengal Tiger Komodo Dragon

Manta Ray Royal Bengal Tiger Markhor Carabao

10 Africa

Cross River Gorilla White Eared Cob African Elephant

Colobus Monkey Black Chimpanzee Simien Fox

11 Africa

Black Rhino () Leopard () Thistle Mantis (Egypt)

African Helmeted Turtle Bull Shark (Morocco) Savannah Monitor () Cheetah (Nigeria) (Ghana) 12 Africa

Black-spined Flying Fox

Mandrill Monogoose Lemur

Hooded Vulture 13 Middle East

Finless Porpoise Arabian Onyx Arabian Leopard Blind Mole Rat

Pelican Veiled Chameleon Striped Hyena 14 Middle East

Goblin Shark Grey Wolf

Mahi Mahi Persian Leopard

15 North America & Pacific

Grizzly Bear Corn Kangaroo Banded Iguana

16 Answers: Europe & South America

Eurasian Wolf () Spiny Dogfish ()

Corsican Hare (Italy) Iberian Wolf (Portugal)

Red Squirrel (UK) Golden Eagle () 17 Answers: Asia

Royal Bengal Tiger Saltwater Crocodile (Sri Komodo Dragon (Indonesia) Dhole (Nepal) (Bangladesh) Lanka)

Manta Ray (Myanmar) Royal Bengal Tiger (India) Markhor () Carabao (Philippines)

18 Answers: Europe & South America

Dolphin (Greece) Wolf (Serbia) , White Stork and Bielik Eagle (Poland)

Turul (Mythological Creature) Bull (Spain) Lynx () Balloon Fish( Brazil)

19 Answers: Africa

Cross River Gorilla White Eared Cob (Sudan) Oribi () African Elephant () ()

Colobus Monkey () Black Mamba () Chimpanzee () Simien Fox (Ehtiopia)

20 Answers: Africa

Black Rhino (Tanzania) Leopard (Zimbabwe) Mandrill (Tunisia) Thistle Mantis (Egypt)

African Helmeted Turtle Bull Shark (Morocco) Savannah Monitor (Eritrea) Cheetah (Nigeria) (Ghana) 21 Answers: Africa

Black-spined flying fox Mauritius) Giraffe ()

Mandrill (Tunisia) (Chad) Monogoose Lemur (Comoros)

22 Answers: Middle East

Finless Porpoise Arabian Onyx Arabian Leopard Blind Mole Rat

Pelican Veiled Chameleon Striped Hyena 23 Answers: Middle East

Goblin Shark (Jordan) Grey Wolf (Iraq)

Mahi Mahi (Oman) Snow Leopard (Uzbekistan) Persian Leopard (Iran)

24 Answers: North America & Pacific

Grizzly Bear (Canada) Corn Snake (USA) Kangaroo (Australia) Fiji Recycle & Reuse as much as you can! Minimize use of Herbicides and Pesticides

Don’t litter! Bin it! Choose biogradable or biosafe products!

Slow down on the roads Buy from sustainable food sources

Avoid illegal animal trade items!