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for sustainable world. coming to you from mumbai in india. over the next thirty minutes find out how an illiterate woman in india is educating cocoa community to build a new story lives while activist in mumbai is holding a few loop of the city's agrees. and why more. let's look at an issue that forty percent of india's population has to deal with every morning the government has boards toward the case with access to clean and functional toilets in the last few years but open deficient is a complex problem in india too extreme poverty and cultural conditioning for the last three decades one woman is revolutionizing access to safe sanitation in the district of in the north of india.

it's. in their. children so it's a village people shall go the toilet people. she's accompanied by many of those if you set your mind on something and there's nothing you can order. you to speak it. could be five years to see these words with pride and confidence i watched where. she's been the driving force. in history by going door to door to check of homes have functional voids and also.

joining big and how we want peace she describes isn't the. idea if the used to live like. there was a tiny pond that everyone used to be. goes everybody ended up going there because that was the. beginning and. there was a time when a normal very you when you would see feces in the open it was everywhere. johnson gone out of the. works towards improving hygiene and sanitation of communities was when the violence of change began to dawn. a lot of the.

below fifty five in the. mission lived deafening tools need to be dug one and the other. two pipes would pass through each opening while one gets filled up the second one we get. our fair one the kind of give our job at the door hard general grange. never mind never family guy after all when i started talking to people about sanitation they would see no good would ever go mart if it despite going on strike for a full month nothing happened i was not even from want difference would i be able to me. when i got here. i do them i could leave that responsibility to me i also showed them that i wouldn't be the slum the job was done that's when they agreed to stand by me but those were very challenging days where. people mostly ignored the women

hardly a left. and the men were just not ready to listen to my god we're all an accident cannot go just about any day to avoid that why shouldn't we build and use our own toilets. this is the boy lit. and if this is the mark at which the structure will set you know what i want to know that. he has built two thousand five hundred. some with. money some with government grants and some with generous donations. we should consider ourselves lucky that we have this big oil. these don't even have. any more than five hundred million of.

i believe that i do in the eyes that go exist a lot of country. is for that us focus while the other lives in what is it with. these other people who are forced to defecate in the open. the biggest problem is that they live in squalor basically. they have no legal rights which is why they don't invest in the police because there is a fear of their houses being demolished or of new york so when we got much out there but then a couple i'm going to be more difficult. this lack of access to sanitation is a much more compounded problem for it more still fully and in an open slums like raja. compelled to be compete for dawn in the morning and navigate visited streets in the dark themselves.

saw the men find it much easier to relieve themselves in the open but they don't feel as we should all being shy or of feeling any shame but for women for young girls and for dogs who go to school the problem is much much bigger it will. come here to. a community without toilets also faeces the long term consequences of poor hygiene and health. in fact is still the leading cause of deaths in india among children that in the making. and. how many do have families where do they usually squads uncertain feel that it's a venice programs by engineers electronic part. of the grassroots. want on still open them days to join us. the.

create a moment about their god that they got there about the money find innovative ways to explain to them how it lies didn't discord on film and then on our food that's when they realized that each time the difficult in the open and the risk falling sick any caught their. boat mccue honey were taking an american anywhere they humbly modeling that would open the door. used saw. the moment their thought and there are a lot of children who pass on these lessons on how to their parents who then end up listening to them. in your car even the grooves on the mice little scary traces of mind in them when i entered my house gary's the dog right in forget since she came to disagree with computers a try dr this didn't they would risk difficult with the fifty five she's now

a good boss on the beaten to the next generation. if i'm in my neck and can matter look here are some my campaign among red carded when i started out and initially i used to cover my face with. the women i spoke to and tried to mold to be used to tell me if you were covering your field how do you expect us to venture out of our houses or hunger think any kind of buying and i remember telling them why wouldn't you be able to go out of your moses are men the only ones capable of making a difference tell me one task in this world that is beyond the capacity of women. it sometimes takes only one individual determined and persistent to bring about big change now the city of mumbai has three and a half million trees each one essential to maintaining the fragile balance in this rapidly urbanising metropolis our next story is about. and how he's been fighting

to save money by strays from being indiscriminately cut down. in the end day and if he is busting at the seams because there are new buildings there is more traffic so we need more what does he need more electricity be needed more to live on less so the word something does not for all that to do we not need more these. i mean he did not part of the end of the level of mind of the city. either not one of the noticing that more and more trees were dying along the way you would see the ruins of floor dead trees which would be to give the green trees i googled up the issue and i thought that seems he had said that there was a. epidemic which was affecting these the trees and therefore the trees were dying and he said to do if i love the island i chord thing that this is the sure no

problem and very simple that once appealing thank you good needs to be cut and removed. to leave ending friction from spreading to the village we next know and the moment they did that to me but stop splitting and then please don't die any longer in mumbai as i work more and more in world in which is that all over the city this does destruction of becoming. that is a the act which was made in nine hundred seventy five it says that on the side of every lord there must be be governed board sides of every one to the war department one to god the duties of the deity of argument are supposed to use their common sense and times the of the so this jihad thought it be any application which comes up with the fear that if you give me the keys who plays it and get me out of this tree is really need to be cut and if they find needed to be in it which i presume ninety percent of the cases. we just plainly sanction it and then the. public

notice in the paper saying that they'll be proposed to cut so many trees it's all so into your vision if there is something where we can object about then i take the time and trouble and the effort to object about it. we had a car station they're putting on your car station so there is a plea coming their way it's like a four door that we're going to let be off as i said that he is not coming the only the branch it's all these going got this to you for the police to somebody and yes sometimes you need to be my hope is in order to. be should be cut but like i don't believe we're going to avoid. to highlight this issue or unless the tree cutting their ultimate goal we decided to hold a symbolic funeral then we actually got either three on our own does from the one

or two billion we went by a month earlier where i'll be in ferguson or the lord we've got a lot of support a lot of people came out to sure that symbolic protest that there's a new gun killer feel like it's not fair. i think to actually order cutting a fifty hundred year old just because you can cut it is a senseless act because nothing is going to be able to replicate that hundred year old like even if i plan on one hundred new degrees it will not be equal to that one hundred year old tree. now protecting the natural ecosystem is definitely the need of the hour there was a time when the have to block better the moon bears as it's also called trying to cross the ship today they're ready to be found in the continent and are listed as a vulnerable species how did they get here i reporter travelled to the thoughts. to

find out. that. kung fu is absolutely crazy about strawberry jam. at only four months old he's the youngest resident in the sanctuary the young bear was just getting bones when he was seized from illegal animal traders. in fact on young spend fattening him up since he arrived. here besides kung fu australian ngo free the bears has managed to rescue three other cubs so far here. normally a young pair spend the first three years of their lives with their mothers but she's usually killed and the cubs are kept under awful conditions come from his brother died in captivity he probably starved to death the animals have

a really terrible time. and. this fully grown asian black bear also called moon bear is almost two metres high standing and weighs in at one hundred fifty kilograms and cut one see sanctuary they try to keep the animals under the most natural conditions possible. the bear refuge lies in the north of laos right next to a well known waterfall the nearby tourist attraction means a lot of visitors take advantage of the chance to also see the bears. hardly any of the visitors can imagine the ordeal these poor animals have been through. like colby who lost his right front leg after he was trapped by poachers in a snare. he was destined for an illegal bear farm i. received was

lost in luke nicholson explains to the visitors that bear bile is used in chinese medicine. and it commands a high price i mean it. is a house in tony cages would be given the base themselves and they can live up to twenty years and saw those pages where they have all this expected to sit in the maze from the day using a syringe imagine going through that torment a frequency of every couple of days and you living on his assistance a very very mega rations of food. these pictures show up bare bille farm near the lao capital v.n. chan. the bears face is a portrait of pain. nobody knows how many farms like this are in laos it's actually illegal in laos to treat animals like this but as

all too often in southeast asia enforcement and punishment are totally inadequate. luke nicholson says the greatest threat to animals is human poverty. you can find products from the illegal wildlife trade in almost every local market here they're popular with chinese tourists. it's a tale there's a been sold for fifty us felicity. we have a coal here. right next to them lao whiskey with animal parts preserved in them including bits of bear. the battle to protect animals and species can't be won without environmental awareness so the bear sanctuary regularly invites school classes. i. allot of the kids don't even know that horses to bed thomas is resident in their

forest and also a threatened species. i followed as hidden and ball so it bears can train their natural foraging instinct oh. the conservationists are supported by foreign donors. thirty eight asian moon bears now live in the open here far too many. the reserve was only designed to take ten of them. but allowing these colossal creatures back into the wild would be too dangerous. for. this number of reasons why these babies can't retain some had physical trauma some have psychological trauma and some of the handwriting from little cubs but that they rescued the babies that have been hand raised at imprinted on humans if we

would release them back to the wall that go directly to a village looking for food and that's where we get him and. and that's when people and. today some monks have come from the nearby village of see. a blast the conservationists work with a buddhist ritual the ceremony is supposed to bring luck to the workers there and fend off evil spirits free the bear certainly needs every bit of support it can get so that confluence and his friends can enjoy our brighter future in laos. let's not shift focus to an innovation that could be a game changer for women in rural india a lack of running water. often means did women have to travel long distances on foot to fetch water an american company is trying to change that with a simple but significant tweak to the traditional water picture.

collecting water is a challenge for millions of people. well it's often far away from the homes. the job is done mainly by women it can take half a day to collect owns a house or a family any. carrying heavy votes of twenty liters for hours on end can cause health problems. the buso wheel is designed by the us organization of well it's a rolling barrel with a handle and can hold forty five pieces of course it. will cost twenty two thess he done it is not only does it lies in women's loads the way real can also help businesses like small scale farms over outside restaurants.

like them. if you are also doing tell us about. visit our website or send us a tweet. doing your. sharing your story. can big data help us study the effects of changing ecology in germany colleges stefan stall is trying to find out just that at national park in germany once the variables that identified the data can potentially be used to study how the national park has evolved over many decades allowing us to study the good and the bad effects of human activity it has endured shows how he's breaking it down. these trees are being felled but for a good cause sunlight needs to reach the forest floor so that deciduous and can live for us woodland can grow here again. the conservation zone includes work was

established three years ago ma the real nature ration of the forest progress is researchers will also be collecting extensive data on the local ecosystem a stream flows through the national park the riverbed used to be completely overshadowed by the spruce trees explains hans joachim who's us from the park authority. the stream and the meadow will now be able to develop will ghana clee the mixed woodland that's already growing here will also evolve and light and warmth will restore the river valley to its natural state. scientists at the nearby environmental campus bill confederate collaborating on the re nature ration project they've set up probes and measuring stations around the forest the institute specializes in environmental i.t. research and teaching staff on show is a water ecologist. this is a multi parameter probe we use it in the town back stream in the national park eight different environmental parameters are measured in the water and these are

sent to the campus via data transfer the data is fed into a german network that is part of a european network that in turn is part of an international network so what we're doing is making environmental data available to help politicians make decisions and react as promptly as possible to environmental problems so. the environmental campus bill confed brings together international scientists from the field of i.t. technology and the environment geo informatics is a central focus of research here satellites are able to gather data on changes in the global environment the scientists goal is to make data collected from various sources more easily available to experts in africa and asia be a global environmental data network. the major advantage of earth observation data is that it provides us with comprehensive information unlike isolated measuring stations which can only compile selective data we can also get inside ravines and

look at forests on mountain tops that are usually inaccessible basically we can very efficiently gather comprehensive data and when necessary react accordingly. to problems such as pest infestations and over exploitation of the world's forests these are problems that can be tackled tackling climate change on the other hand is more complicated. at the environmental campus kells and his team are working on developing models based on incoming data that can predict the environmental consequences of increased temperatures the scientists run through potential scenarios and experimental setups in order to measure the reactions of plants to environmental changes as the cause of faggoty want to main issue we're addressing is the long term effect of climate change on ecosystems one approach is to replicate an artificial ecosystem we can feed the data collected from the sensors in the national park into this artificial world to see what it will be like you and

your twenty thirty and how temperatures affect plant growth and the whole ecosystem just blocks from the front of the consequences to. the collaboration with the environmental campus has already paid off for the national park there's more and more data on the conservation zone which eventually will be made available in real time to the park rangers by a smartphone. we're taking measures now and plan to follow that progress to see if the measures that make sense we have no specific expectations we'll just allow nature to run its course the data we gather will help us judge whether our management measures were successful or not the board minutes were lost on all four cars. the project is a long term one renamed to ration in the ones where the national park will take years and its benefits will only become apparent in decades to come.

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