The booming illegal trade in wildlife products is eroding Earth s precious biodiversity, robbing us of our natural heritage and driving whole species to the brink of extinction. The killing and smuggling is also undermining economies and ecoystems, fuelling organized crime, and feeding corruption and insecurity across the globe. This year s theme for WED Go Wild for Life encourages you to celebrate all those species under threat and take action of your own to help safeguard them for future generations. This can be about animals or plants that are threatened within your local area as well as at the national or global level - many local extinctions will eventually add up to a global extinction! Whoever you are, and wherever you live, show zero-tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife in word and deed, and make a difference.
The Veolia Tool Kit for World Environment Day is to raise awareness on what our wildlife is in the region, how we as a company help and how each of us can help! The idea is an Interactive Roadshow/Workshop Format with different people at each station to give their aspect of Wild for Life 1. Each has a station and presents the different facts, devices and challenges 2. Teams walk around the stations and speak to each of the stations 3. Station 5: BioBounty activity could be a separate station or a group exercise Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station 5 Veolia s stand for Biodiversity? What do we do across the globe? Where is the Middle East wildlife?! How do we create a safe ecosystem for the regions wildlife? Photo competition: Capturing the growl, caw, and purr! BioBounty: How many endangered species there are in the region?!
Around the world, Veolia is taking action to reduce the impact of its activities and those of its customers on nature, and is creating favorable conditions for the protection of species and their habitats. The Group encourages the development of local partnerships, including with NGOs, researchers and customers, and through its Foundation supports associations working for biodiversity. Protecting and restoring biodiversity is one of Veolia s 9 sustainable development commitments, set in 2014. It falls under 3 main headings: more effectively address biodiversity issues locally and develop innovative solutions inspired by nature make as many people as possible aware of the issues, involve them and promote the actions implemented jointly with local stakeholders deploy environmental development and management actions on our sites and for our customers.
Veolia s biodiversity performance in 2015: 30.6% of the Group s sites facing major biodiversity challenges carried out a diagnosis and deployed action plans. 133 sites carried out a biodiversity diagnosis and deployed an action plan. 140 sites established environmental development and / or management. 58 sites have developed a partnership with a local nature protection organization. Target for 2020: deploy an action plan in 100% of the sites identified as facing major biodiversity challenges. 315 projects on the environment and biodiversity have been supported by the Veolia Foundation since 2004. E.g.: Fighting desertification according to the Navajo traditions in the USA: the Cuenca Los Ojos Foundation is rehabilitating a canyon of the Navajo reserve of Greening of Chilchinbeto Chapter in Arizona by involving the community and drawing on local traditions.
Camels Sand Snake Camel Spiders Solifugida Desert lesser whitethroat Falcon Arabian Oryx
Sperm whale Green Turtle Black Tipped Shark Risso's dolphin Arabian Gulf sea snake Parrot
Blanford's Fox Arabian Tahr Caracal Arabian Leopard Arabian Mountain Gazelle Bats
The law says we have to check we are not making an impact on the local environment: Ministerial Decision (MD) 159/2005: Disposal of liquid effluents into the marine environment So we went diving to find out! By creating an artificial reef we were encouraging the natural food chain in the area!
And fishing.. In total we found: 82 different species covering the entire food chain and trophic levels, with predators of about 20% of the total to check if we had an impact on the local fishermen
Remember Nemo s friend.. Squirt! Every day the team in Sohar save Squirt and his friends.. Loggerhead Sea Turtle Oman has 5 of the 7 species of sea turtles and 4 are endangered: 1. The Green Sea Turtle. 2. Loggerhead Sea Turtle. 3. Hawksbill Sea Turtle. 4. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. 5. Leatherback Sea Turtle Hawksbill Sea Turtle Green Sea Turtle Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle
The Sohar team have an Emergency Response Plan to save them when they get stuck: o Steps to be followed whenever a turtle is found: o o o Identification, release, reporting o How to safely carry a turtle o Appropriate release area approved by an environmental engineer Why are they important to us? Endangered species Tourism Fishing
On November 14, 2014, Veolia Middle East organized an environmental educational excursion and cleaning activities in the Wadi Wurayah National Park located in Fujairah, UAE. 30 helpers of Veolia employees & their families hiked to: Collect & Bag litter Visited the unique fresh water streams and pools Caught and tagged dragonflies for data collection contributing to the park s research and monitoring programme.
Don t litter! Bin it! Recycle & Reuse as much as you can! Minimize use of Herbicides and Pesticides Slow down on the roads Choose biogradable or biosafe products! Buy from sustainable food sources Avoid illegal animal trade items!
Here are the winning Environmental photos from our own Jerryfer Damian in ISTP2 Kaghan Valley, Pakistan Winner photo of the Paris Match, Philippines
Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Japan "Histogram Island Baler, Philippines
Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka
Light chaser, Allhamah, UAE
Desert, Allhamah, UAE
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Arabian Gazelle Mediterranean Monk Seal Dugong Dhole Striped Hyena Asiatic Lion Sand cat Markhor