on her journey back to freedom. you know we're interactive documentary stories you know regulating returns home on t w don't come into tanks. it doesn't buy you don't know it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about what i am do this because we can't stay on venezuela. that. closely global news that matters d. w. made for mines. hello everybody and welcome to the latest edition of our environment magazine eco africa outside me coming to you from the breaks in like a lagos nigeria but i'm not alone with me it's my lovely colleague variable in

south africa a lousy thanks auntie. presenting the program from johannesburg the reports on today's program will take us all over the african continent and a bit of europe to have a quick look at what's coming up. we'll be looking at home. care about the quad investing back home in germany that wants to like some remote areas of nigeria and. it is in this. nearly every day there is news about all the species going extinct directly or indirectly to human behavior but surely one of the coolest and a necessary seventies is the illegal wildlife trade of course reports takes us to cameroon so conservation education center dedicated to helping vulnerable and endangered species.

i knew a rival takes in his surroundings the wildlife center in coming this african group was brought in by a local practice the sanctuary encourages newcomers a fast place inquire and. then kids give keys to texting to be examined back to movements mane of the parents the sea conditions read in the sights injured on their feet to prevent them from flying head veterinarian john and young explains how the bugs get here with. 2 sources. sujoy i meant for authorities and a pleasant year or by the nation road or sweet if you care them on this you don't need to leave the animal to come under the new resources see your own donation were done by animals the vets we the patients and check their

vitals. damaging further the polluted neighboring nuance to grow. to examine nation and treatment the bugs are taken care of no thank you very well enough to be released back into the wild. as many as $25.00 pirates are brought to the rehabilitation center every month from all over come iran we have received more than $5000.00 adults without incident parts of the us it's a huge number i read last on the way out so what am i have. released so many talents thousands of them oh the highly intelligent guards are very good at doing impressions. but. for that

reason they're one of the most popular and then pets the wild over people will pay as much as several cows in europe for a single parent. is so profitable that the once common species is nearly disappeared is some african countries. was once one of the wilds biggest exporters in 2016 the global trade in one african pirates was officially banned but that wasn't the target on poachers. so if something is not done about them then for $31.00 to have them the boss over the years they have an exploit that. with our. without a sense of. how long on the expectation or on by various people some on ones i mean there are swords there where you leave the country. and so the numbers

are clear in the 3 letter word that there needs to be a need to go on the limb be a wide live center was established in 1993 by becoming iranian government and the pan religious foundation for the race q. and rehabilitation of wildlife from bred tells to crime it's the medical staff who supported be countless volunteers from kameron and their work and. the constant influx of parents presents a whole challenges for the wildlife's into funding is needed for food and medicines and there is a shortage of spares african grey pirates need a lot of exercise to keep their muscles toned in his natural habitant they can travel up to 10 kilometers a day there are plans to build a large cage that will enable the pirates to practice flying before being released . it's a success when they pull one out of my back into the water. remembering that many

come and some don't some don't go to. some not good to be released some die but it's time you were really just one animal it is exciting that it sucks us. one animal in the forest out one more and more and being and into conservation. another animal that's home on much all of the african continent is the hippo you probably won't see it was for sale of markets or kept as pets but they're under pressure to destruction of their habitat the situation in kenya is especially drastic now scientists that have found that the massive mammals may actually be crucial for the ecosystem. when here in time 81500 kilos on average people is one of the most impressive mamas in africa but numbers of the

creature have drastically declined in kenya according to our dr direct. in kenya what we're seeing which is really devastating hippos is over grazing over the past just where the hippos need to go if you go to nairobi national popular find all the area near the hippo pools areas are overgrazed it's not by hippos it's actually by livestock so what we're seeing is the food for the hippos has been completely eliminated and hippos and dying of starvation people is increasingly have to compete with livestock for food people started bringing their animals into protected areas because of the increase in door to periods global warming is also accelerating the destruction of their natural habitat. at night hippos graze on land but in the daytime they have to be in water they're very sensitive to the sun and so when the lakes and rivers dry up they've got nowhere to go when

playing numbers of people could also be affecting the eco system of rivers and lakes in east africa researchers from the university of on to have been belgium on the rise to put down they found on the banks of matter if it contains a high level of silica a vital nugent for diatoms a micro present in water that produces oxygen and feeds many species no longer becomes an imbalance between nitrogen phosphorus and silica. other algae take over the competition between the diatoms on the other algae and then we lose the diatoms as a dominant species and then we lose also the function of these times i feel you need a system according to the scientists he pacifica contribution accounts for over 76 percent of the top to silica transported along the maori from city case vital to the region's aquatic consistent this new change is the lifeblood of east african

lakes and rivers and one that is now lacking. and that's why we see fish die sometimes you hear in the lake and i've of fish floating to the surface because they die there's not enough oxygen and this is why because the replaces the diatoms which actually are a very important part of that ecosystem so this is a really interesting study that uncovered a mystery that i think everybody knew hippos are important they didn't know this particular really interesting story behind why he pulls off important raising awareness about the key role he plays play is vital to their survival researchers say without the creature is the system will be thrown out of balance with the consequences for people and then found. now here's a riddle for you what do you have and mobile phones have in common anyone out there know well they both contain silicon. you know right that sounds like

a fun fact that's worth sharing with after and colleagues mobile phones actually can tell a lot of different metals and minerals and many of them can be recycled but as is often the case with high tech inventions plenty of the parts end up in the way stuff in this week's doing your bit we see how an artist is giving life to a way. it's not easy to make a splash in the art saying but if new does a coffee has done it his works are unique and arresting. and they give new purpose to discarded cellphones was he saying integrate all phones into my work to give them a 2nd life and to draw attention to the fact that our lives are so intertwined with technology we're so digitalized that allows us to be connected but we should also consider the environmental impact. manu gets old phones from several sources what

he can't use he passes on to recyclers after breaking them up he glues pieces on to canvases like mosaic tiles. in 2 years manu has used parts from around 24000 phones his works have made him a prominent contemporary devorah an artist. he's even had exhibitions in belgium and france are with a political message which is that products don't disappear when we're done using them in fact most will outlive us all. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. progress cos manufacturing processes simply produce

a lot of waste and one major source of this waste is fabric dyes the textile industry works with toxic compounds most of them are made from petro chemicals now a start up in france is found and environmentally friendly alternative using bacteria to generate. in shades ranging from burgundy to blue. you know. this may look like modern art but it's virtually a natural process at work believe it or not these blue color trails are made by bacteria. we've known for decades that microorganisms can produce pigments what we're doing today appealingly is expanding their production to an industrial scale that would have you to replacing the production of petrochemical dyes worldwide in the long gone. 70 blatche and beyond. say they're the 1st to study this extraordinary natural process

they're the founders of the french start up based in toulouse they see these microorganisms this great allies that could be used to color all our clothes without any chemicals for years they worked to identify the microorganisms best able to produce color in 2015 they finally developed a low carbon method to obtain pigment for dying textiles it's a method that's been used for centuries in the food industry you know we allow these microorganisms to ferment to bit mike fermenting beer. but instead of consuming sugar to make alcohol the microorganisms are consuming sugar to make dies . because of that. it takes a week and warm temperatures for the blue pigment to appear the substance is then tried to obtain a biodegradable powder. power suitable for dyeing different types of

fabric and depending on the formulas we apply we can produce colors ranging from burgundy to light blue. this biotechnology could change the face of the fashion industry. the textile industry is one of the most polluting sectors in the world. it uses a huge amount of chemicals to make diamonds. but also 100 kilos of petroleum are needed to make one kilo of diet so in our everyday clothes there's a kilo of petroleum just for the dyes. and it is also know that if we take just one piece of clothing like a t. shirt or a pair of trousers for instance 10 to 40 percent of its environmental impact is due to the diversity. that's purely we are effectively going back to the story of to lose because they were creating dies out of plants until the 19th

century then petrochemicals arrived now we want to develop again a production made out of renewable materials about older material when over. so far the startup has but used several kilos of dye powder with the help of the bacteria but they will need to improve the process if that's to compete with petro chemical dice to achieve its costs they're planning to use a good cultural waste as a substitute for sugar. but it's an easy one it's a big advantage is that we can take all of the leftovers like stamps leaves or other parts of the crop and use them as a source of carbon so we can kill 2 birds with one stone. 520-2170 palash and his team expect to be producing several tons of dipole to a year we might then be able to find clothes done without pigment but

they would need more time more money and more production capacity to become a serious alternative to the petro chemicals industry. here in my home country nigeria a portion of the population is not connected to the electricity grid that means. people especially those in the remote rural areas are forced to use fossil fuels for their part and that is not sustainable but guess what that's likely to change a crowd investing platform in europe germany is looking to finance renewable energy projects here. oh. it's hard to miss the solar min agreed on the edge of the village bright and shiny in the sun this is from a dumpster 3 hours from lagos by car it's isolated location was more of

a factor for installing the solar panels than environmental reasons connecting the village to the national call grid was not considered west the effort that many people here make a living with agriculture some of them green milling alterations like richard the bearing the. previously used a few car generator to run for grinding machines now the park comes and the sun. well yesterday i bought 500 now worth of apocalypse now we can leave the lights on at those lights at school in palm of my mini. mission was different than the one we use not your not all home down upon your home and you know. this skeptical at 1st many here have since switched to green energy. over $500.00 households now get their parts from the solar grid. that means since fewer c o 2

emissions according to the nigerian company rebate check so some funding for the project came from the german government agency the renewable energy business actually is something that is really viable for nigeria to look into you know because. like you know nigeria actually has about 55 percent of its population without access so and we know that it's not cost effective to extend the grid to these areas so $1.00 of the best with this by deploying in the with these locations . the project is also being sued by german company based in frankfurt. a crowd investing platform called better vest raised 220000 euros for the celebrity groups in nigeria. c.e.o. mary than tape says the company is paying customers who want to invest in construction ecologically projects in other parts of the world. our future market is africa because this market is growing so tremendously and the

amount of people there that need it for city is the highest all over the world. so there is much money needed there is a much potential and also as mentioned the interest rate there are very very high so they need cheaper money and they need especially anyway financing there is no solution there are no banks there of clients those small approach it all the crap from the platforms at the moment the solutions to that money can come to african small and medium sized enterprises to prepare the tricity into that. but there is also a dark side to the solar energy being. nice benefaction today only last 20 years and then they have to be disposed off. and the lead acid batteries needed to store electricity can cause serious pollution

but for now the mini grid has improved the lives of many here boosting their businesses and improving the brain. education is a basic human right yet millions of children and young people still have no access to it last year starving 264000000 children worldwide where nabl to attend school yes empty back. and around half of those kids live in sub-saharan africa for instance a farm is often can't afford to send the children to school all the kids themselves have to work doing regular classroom hours luckily some now have the opportunity to attend night school. when he whistles the herd follows. every day germany takes these counties many kilometers through the highlands of le soto looking for grass and water. he'll soon be 14

and has worked as a herd for more than half of his life. every day i'm out here grazing the animals where you were no longer wanted to have to make sure they get enough to eat i like their work it's also the only way to survive here. the callous to money tends to belong to a farming family and simone kong a small town in central or soto in exchange for his labor he gets a roof over his head and he gets to keep ocala the end of the year. the young teenager doesn't have time for school his parents have died so germany has to fend for himself. to go on this is my 1st job. but it's the 1st time i've been treated well. the last farm i worked for for

example just didn't pay me. i'm great i things are going better here. in lesotho one in 3 boys of school age works full time as a livestock herder often miles away from their family and without any hope of going to school full time most of the boys are illiterate and will likely remain so for the rest of their lives. you know your smile row is familiar with the situation you have to leave school after 2nd grade money so you could look after his mother and 2 sisters. he says that's common in lesotho but it wasn't the life he had hoped for. maintenance. but because of the. 2 and living on the big plane i was supposed to wait is this about although it was in my eyes because even though with

leading us like dogs they didn't even feed us they'd leave does like this leaves. us quickly learned that not having an education can make it difficult to fight for your rights. over the years he paid for both his sisters and their children's schooling with the money he earned as a shepherd he also managed to put aside a tiny bit of his pay until he could complete his own education now every evening he shares his knowledge with the young herders in san juan kong. when they finish tending to the animals for the day they come to us the shepherd school germany is also here. they study reading writing and arithmetic. u.t.s.

teaches on a voluntary basis he believes that a basic education can change the young herders lives. if. they have been to a bed. and they didn't even know where they are not. now i do claim by almost 30 years that here but then you thought that another subject is health including aids prevention it's an important issue unless soto which is the 2nd highest rate of hiv infections worldwide. under warm meal is sometimes provided when they're open enough to nations for many it's the only proper meal of the day. socialising essential to the time spent here. you wake you have to care for the animals then you were born here . with other people but you only have been here is a separate school where the learn how to sell ace and where they live how to speak

with others where they live in if need be. to learn everything they heard has come from far and wide. germany walks 10 kilometers every evening to get here. when i can read well write well i want to teach to. i want to pass on what i can. but germany still has a long way to go the next morning he returns to his solitary work in the hills like so many other livestock herders here unless soto. we've come to the end of our show for today thanks for watching hope you tune in next time my name is the congo and i wish you all the best from johannesburg south africa and i'm now trying with signing off from the big garden in lagos nigeria until next week in the meantime

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