structure. where our local supposed to move to. dean works in the nearby do walling national park he confirms the gravity of the situation. he. spoke to an old miner who told me that in the one nine hundred eighty s. the ocean was two kilometers further bog. now look at the damage that the sea has done. to make. the government is trying to ensure that people are relocated to a safer area. but the older generation refuses and says this is where our ancestors lived we're not going anywhere. living from farming alone is increasingly difficult land is in short supply due to the ground becoming oversalted with their livelihoods destroyed people are having to move inland but the national park twelve

kilometers away provides alternative sources of income a few years ago it was home to far fewer animals today it's a breeding ground for over three hundred species of birds including flamingoes crocodiles live here to. the warthog population is flourishing because the animals are not hunted here. there's both fresh water and salt water in the senegal river delta. nature conservation makes sense here protecting the ecosystem also creates jobs. so that is the goal of the park is to restore the ecosystem and fight public. policy in this region. because the local population distributional work. they harvest whatever nature provides. the local economy is based on fishing and farming. fish

yet if there's no more water there will be nothing left. but this is activity. locally caught to law is hung out to dry in the open air. many villages have no electricity let alone refrigerators fisherman sell their fish across the country and even in neighboring senegal. the point be they them in the past people lived here from farming too. but really fishing makes most sense we can make a living from fishing all year round and they benefit from the lock in the basin there are lots of fish there. the abundance of fish is a recent development thirty years ago the region was left ravaged by this dam built in the one nine hundred eighty s. to supply mauritania senegal gambia and mali with fresh water. it devastated the natural environment. the construction of the

dom completely destabilized the ecosystem it was destroyed. the natural balance was destroyed the balance between sold water and fresh water. wasn't fresh water was blocked and couldn't reach the national park. years later the problem was addressed with the construction of these locks built with the help of the german k f w development bank and the german development agency. as gates had here that these guys can be what it does is imitate ebb and flow or water and fresh water are combined here so it's a perfect habitat for fish to spawn in effect when. it's a protected area because these are three flood basins. so it's a perfect spot for resting and breeding not only for fish but also for birds.

the park authority has demarcated fishing zones and make sure the fishermen respect spawning seasons. of fresh water in the basin has helped revive the local fauna to . lotus's have begun thriving again. local women spend two to three hours a day in the water collecting seeds from the lotus stalks. then they sort them shell and dry them and over a period of several weeks turn them into cous cous. after the dam was built until last year we couldn't harvest anything but now nature. has started to recover the lotuses have returned and we can collect the seeds again so. they harvested some six hundred kilos last year and up to feed their families for months and sell the excess another successful venture made possible by the park local craft traditions

have also made a comeback these women make jewelry they are planning to sell the raw materials come from the national park and. these are tiny beads that they make from tree resin. boy on the interest of his and we help them to extract the resin without destroying the trees. back in the delta biologist zen is out on the water almost every day taking a look at the nesting sites in. villain news was open i love these birds they're my favorite animals. they're beautiful and they're also proof that the environment is in good shape for the if they're here then we know there's no environmental damage. and they don't make anything dirty so . i love them. to do well in national park is home to the

greatest concentration of birds in west africa and in addition to rescuing animal habitats in the region the conservation zone has also helped to secure human livelihoods. now it's time to meet the battle in global people from around the world who've made the german capital their home. in the berlin five years now they may grow in the vibrant metropolis that we tell their stories every wednesday on our facebook page. society. today of the lane global comes from slavonia in their. don't be alarmed people. i mean. it was a. tough call it's basically you making sure that the people have a good time when you take them to pubs and various bars and with us we also take

you to the club at the end. so it's like a guided tour of the nightlife for lent which i know many berliners frown upon but i think they should give the chairs at least once. and. if they can't you find spray paint on one wall even a single time the fine is around seven thousand euros just for one yet because it's considered vandalism if they can't you putting up a poster on a wall like this the fine is robinson's euros because it's considered littering. and this is one of the prime examples. it's really famous it's called it's time to dance it's been done by a guy called sober. i

studied media and communications science and you'll be on your first university ljubljana which is something you go to study when you don't know what you have to do what you want to study or what you want to do with your life. i was basically staying with my parents and till i decided i want to move to berlin so it's like i wanted to become an autonomous person and move out at the same time to another country so one day i just got up and left. why are there like certain people who decide if you're cool enough to get into a club what's up with that i mean isn't berlin all about the left wing and democratic and i never understood that to be honest and quick. they get

a couple of those walks of shame when they tell you you're not cool enough and you have to walk you know in shame because i didn't get in i was like man that doesn't go so nice and the football is that is the exec opposite of that you know everybody's welcome at the anti-proton so everybody's book come come join us have a party you know even if you're not cool or whatever. and that's all for today don't forget to send us your comments and fiends write to us at labels three thousand come on facebook see you next time take catch. opportunity prosperity to miss and that's the power of global try to global three

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