Wangari Maathai

1.      Have you ever heard of:

Wangari Maathai


The Green Belt Movement


The Billion Tree Campaign (1 billion – 3 billion – 7 billion)


UNEP

2.      Complete the gaps with the expressions defined in the brackets

Wangari Maathai is


·          an  ____________________ (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction
or pollution),


·          a civil society and women's rights ____________________ (someone who takes action in
support of or opposition to a cause),


·          and a  ____________________ (member of a parliament).


·          She is also the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize ____________________.





3.      Watch the video and complete the information you get
http://greenbeltmovement.org/w.php?id=93

4.      The following text contains some more information. However you should make logical
connections first. Put the fragments of the text where they belong.


Billion Tree Campaign

The Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign is ______________ facilitated by the United Nations
Environment Programme. People, communities, businesses, industry, civil society organizations and
governments are encouraged to enter tree planting pledges on-line . The campaign strongly
encourages ______________ and trees that are appropriate to the local environmen.

______________, more than 7.4 billion trees had been planted under this campaign – far in excess of
the year-end target of 7 billion – by participants in 170 countries. With this success continuing
into 2010, the Billion Tree Campaign will  ______________ raising awareness of the importance of
biodiversity for our well-being. Trees play a crucial role as fundamental components of the
biodiversity that forms the foundation of the living networks and systems that provide us all with
health, wealth, food, fuel and vital ecosystem services our lives depend on. They help provide
breathable air, drinkable water, fertile soils and a stable climate. The billions of trees planted
by the collective efforts of participants of the Billion Tree Campaign from all parts of society
will contribute to biodiversity across the planet.

A.     the planting of indigenous trees

B.     make a substantial contribution to the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

C.     a worldwide tree planting initiative

D.     By the end of 2009
                                                         http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign/

pledge – závazek (make a pledge)

in excess of – přesahující

5.  Translate the following expressions into English


Czech

                                English

světová kampaň


zasadit strom


původní stromy


místní prostředí


zvýšit povědomí


voda vhodná k pití


úrodná půda


stálé klima


vážný dopad na životní prostředí


oxid uhličitý


zachytit uhlík


výkonný ředitel