Daylight Map of the World

• The developed world is 75% urban and the rate is accelerating in the developing world; By 2030 urban population is expected to rise to five billion or 60% of the world’s population
• Primary energy consumption increased globally by 4.3% in 2004
• As much as 60% of the global population depends on the waters of international fresh water systems - rivers and lakes of which basins are shared by more than two countries
• There are now over 117 000 protected areas worldwide; this amounts to
15% of the total territorial surface of the Earth, including all land area and territorial sea area up to the 12 nautical miles limit
• 35% of mangroves have been lost in the last two decades; 20% of known coral reefs have been destroyed and another 20% degraded in the last several decades
U.N. Population Division report World Urbanization Prospects: 2003 Revision; BP Statistical Review of World
Energy June 2005; GEO Year Book 2006; WRI 2005

• Population
• World Energy Consumption
• Water Pollution
• Biodiversity
• Invasive Species
• Protected Areas
• Air Pollution in Copsa Mica and the Black Triangle

Our growing population
Population Change from 1900-2000

Impact of civil wars on population of
Parrot’s Beak, Guinea
These images show the impact of Civil Wars in
Liberia on neighboring
Guinea
• 1974: Image of the
Parrot’s Beak region in
Guinea
• 2002: The light green color is the result of deforestation in the “safe area” where refugees set up camp

Population growth around Lake Victoria
Uganda
50.00
Total Human Population Living around Lake Victoria
(millions)
41.80
40.00
30.51
30.00
22.13
20.00
16.05
11.71
10.00
8.57
47.23
0.00
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015
Total Population
Note: Figures for 2010 and 2015 are estimates.

Lake Victoria vs. African population growth
246
250
218
200
159
150
115
100
50
45
0
9
1960
61
12
84
16
21
26
32
36
1970 1980
Lake Victoria
1990 2000 2010
Africa Average
2015
Note: Figures for 2010 and 2015 are estimates.

Population explosion around buffer zone
Africa
• Population growth around a 100 km buffer zone of
Lake Victoria
• Population growth around
Lake Victoria, East Africa, is the highest in Africa

World energy consumption pattern
World Energy Consumption between 1800 - 1990
World Primary Energy
Consumption since
1970, projected to 2025

Oil extraction in Fort McMurray, Canada
Vast reserves of low quality oil underlie the
Boreal Forest surrounding Fort
McMurray
By early 2006 the mining operation covered an area roughly 30 km by
20 km

Power outage in North America
On 14 August 2003, parts of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada experienced widespread power blackouts

Biodiversity
Targets
 Reverse loss of biodiversity by 2010 (WSSD, 2002)
 Reverse loss of forest cover by 2015 (UNFF, 2005)

Protected Areas of Kumaon region, India
Study Area: Kumaon
Himalaya
North-East India
India
W. Kameng
Sonitpur
E. Kameng
Study Area
Habitat evaluation of
Sambar and
Muntjak in
Ranikhet forests in Sonitpur,
India

Increasing disturbances results in decreasing habitat, India a b c
Habitat loss (1994-1999)
Because of increasing disturbances, the wildlife habitats in
Kumaon region are shrinking
Habitat loss (1999-2002)
Habitat loss (1994-2002)

Shrinking habitat in Kumaon, India
Sonai-Rupai
RF
PRADESH
ARUNACH
AL
Chardua r
RF
Balipara
RF Nameri
Nowdua r
NP
RF
Biswanath
RF
ASSA
M
Beha li
RF
Evergreen
Semi-Evergreen
Moist Deciduous
Evergreen (Degraded)
Semi-Evergreen (Degraded)
Moist Deciduous (Degraded)
Grassland
Non-Forest
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Habitat types
No. of Families
No. of Genera
No. of Species
S.-W. Index (*10)

Invasive species attacking Lake Victoria
Africa
These images show water hyacinth infestation and control of such invasive species
• 1995: Image shows several water-hyacinth-choked bays
(yellow arrows)
• 2001: A visible reduction of water hyacinth on Lake
Victoria

Water pollution due to copper mine,
Papua New Guinea
Discharge of waste and pollution into
River
1990-2004:
Impact of mining on river systems

Biodiversity in ecosystems and species in Mount Kenya, Kenya
These images show high diversity in ecosystems and species
• 2000: The entire forest belt of Mount Kenya was gazetted as National
Reserve
• 2002: The image shows significant improvement in the state of conservation of forests

Cop şa Micâ – Environmental disaster area
Romania
• The area is classified as
“environmental disaster area”
• In 1989, the area was exposed as one of the most polluted places

Air-borne pollutants being trapped in
Black Triangle, Czech Republic
• 1975: The gray areas are surface mines located primarily in the Czech
Republic
• 2000: The image reveals somewhat improved vegetation cover