sutures take a more optimistic view. the world is not always a good place but it's much much better than it was and how. is the world really getting better. a global $3000.00 special reports. starts august 19th sunday is a. good . hello and welcome to another edition of equal africa with colorful of environmental issues africa and europe my name is notes and i'm sure from lagos nigeria with my colleagues in south africa. i don't see

how that's amazing. greetings from johannesburg today we're going to find out how kites harvest the wind high in the sky to generate energy and look at many more great ideas are protecting the environment. why so much scientific. white so young berlin is setting up benches. and. how bond is tackling. this week we'll start the show in kenya more and more messiah people are looking for alternatives to their traditional semi nomadic way of life herding cows goats and sheep as grazing lands are becoming ever scots up a few young miss i have started to keep bees for that they don't need lots of land . that.

night a forest is a great place for bees to live there are no fish pesticides and very few people. the members of my site people who do live in that area traditionally collect wild honey in the forest areas and then just activity but last year about corn and 14 other men went into the beekeeping business setting up 10 hives in the forest they don't take up much space and they are environmentally friendly. and you have to get money and. everything and this. to a political. stunt to deflate. like no greater number of. young men who get along well might take their kids were to school and that getting that money there through the said love. and. it has become very

hard to make a living the traditional way and some you know magic pastoralist some men still have as many as one head of cattle. but nowadays they are the exception more and more looking for other ways to make a living. a major reason is frequent periods of drought that means dried out pasture land and less for the cattle to eat and drink another reason is that the land where they graze their heads in strength it also has to be shared with wild animals. patrick. has been observing these developments for years now he is himself from our side and the local community official and has close ties to the people living here still observe centuries old traditions but they are being forced to change in order

to survive. biggest challenges the loss of life and loss of life easy and blood is going to be subdivided that would reduce the number of left if we rely on because that is the only thing that land can support that if you number 2 is the climate change grains are predictable. you cannot plan you cannot invest because of the future that there is not clear for us. climate change and lots of. a couple of 100 kilometers to the north east in nairobi these african beekeepers only commercial companies devoted to the development of the beekeeping and honey industry most of the 20 employees make cards for to be keepers. in the only runs the from his skin to see honey production in kenya grow currently

percent of the honey consumed in the country is import. from tanzania but it will take time to build up a network of suppliers and marketing channels more people need to go into beekeeping. my biggest challenge is getting enough money. we can't get enough and that's the challenge because the market is that it's not the short market it's the challenge is getting enough and this more amount of money so far produced in return is not sent to my rugby it is sold in nearby villages but if production is carried out and if movie keeping project size starved the future of the industry in kenya might prove to be swept. from kenya to europe when awful lot of wood gets thrown away that could be repurposed so young people and 1000000000 have started a project to make something useful that everybody can enjoy indeed they build

benches out of discarded term but the mob in pleasant spots across the city really are doing eco friendly people for. this bench was made from recycled material. and benyamin other founders of benching but then. they regularly pick up discarded wood from the streets of the german capital. they use it to make benches which they install in public places. that's a bank that's the beauty of it we can create something new from this put a lot of bulky waste out on the street which is often an issue and we're able to transform that into something positive positive as a platform. but that project isn't just about ecological awareness i would have

a couple here we believe there aren't enough. open spaces in berlin and especially not enough public benches and most public spaces used for road traffic and the few park benches that exist there in stupid places we think berlin needs more benches in nice locations so as to reclaim the city bit by bit. one. becomes the location of adventures on instagram that they get feedback from but then this one really enjoying the new addition to the city. thank you thank you so much for your work really cool that you guys are doing this i love to sit on this bench. 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.

oh what a lovely way to make life just a little bit nice here's another great idea this one's from senegal where i mean a 6 week old. means spreading fast. song pommels have found a way to turn this quest into an os. for this senegalese clarin out weeds has become a lifeline. to the g.m. . plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity feel. we make time for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of the houses and then closures for the animals. it feels like payback years ago the invasive weed crept into his field and there's

a many farmers on the banks of the senegal river leave and help. cultivate rice over there on the other side and men and we have to stop growing rice in these fields because of time. not. right now knows he can turn the weed into a year round income after joining a cooperative run by women in a nearby village and once the bundles are dried gian takes them to the top of a charcoal processing plant and the women take over. first the top for straw is burnt and then makes all arabica before being pressed in the palace. the women trying out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel signs in iraq they have their time for plans has changed their women's lives and moments before women did nothing other than

fetching wood cooking for the household and taking care of the children now we work we earn some money and we enjoy ourselves with this project we feel is right to go . on if. in wrongs makeshift market suffer chalker palettes so for 15 years sense a bag down days it is convinced now and i stopped by regular charcoal she appreciates a project that is always available. it catches fire easily and doesn't stop hurting i've used it for 2 years style and i tell my friends to buy 2 wood is difficult to find especially in the rainy season you can find it very well we're going to be written. words discussed because villages in this region of cut down almost all the trees we use is few tifa is a sustainable answer for cooking in a place where electricity and gas out of reach for most santigold doesn't any use

tougher for charcoal it turns out the weed is a perfect material for a cooling waterproof roof to abraham was racking his brains to think of a senegalese alternative to the catch reefs he had seen in europe the answer was right on there is no use. to people really brutally live ahead of time for sure i put in my suitcase and took it to friends to show them the said it was possible. it started. cinna built a school and homes from his tax time and has overseen training for local artisans to take the method back to the villages around 15 men have become traditional factions through the program. but if your mom or grandma your preview the problem or to a cost less than a traditional straw and also allows you to circulate. through. our trash roofs 20 to 30 years.

in a region threatened by climate change and ravaged by different sation. under its hard for a reef has given the village a sustainable means of tackling serious problems for as long as time for thrives along senegal's largest river rule people can take this nuisance plant into their own hands and build their future with it. now most people probably assume that the carts are. in brilliant use the boat being types of comments to do in. generating electricity. by the way yes n.t. it sounds pretty amazing and the idea is for them to sorts of heights where the wind is really strong that means more power the system could be used just about anywhere where the grid is not available.

this kite could help solve the energy problems of the future. it aims to generate electricity by harnessing high altitude wind. the. vision is to take develop the technology and scale it up to rival today's wind turbines. starting small and have a long way to go. well i'm always starting and. for now the kite is attached by cable to a telescope a car mounted on a truck when fully deployed it should soar high in the sky trials are conducted at an airfield in the countryside city but the team is based in berlin. and. the big challenge right now is programming the computer to steer the kite with cables like these and. the generator that produces the electricity

is in this truck. in off grid locations the dirty diesel generators are often used in are quite technology could replace them. today's wind turbines are mounted on towers the kites tethered to lines would rise to a height of 2 or $300.00 metres where the wind is stronger and more persistent than closer to the ground. the intercut laboratory is on the campus of the technical university of berlin. the engineers started experimenting 7 years ago with fabric kites. when the kite goes up the lines on furrow and turn a turbine which generates electricity. then the kite is pulled in again which consumes a very little power. it's like a yo yo going up and down. the

team has moved on from fabric kites to ones made of carbon fiber. they build them and all the technology themselves and they're always having to redesign and optimize. as. it was to make as many mistakes as possible in as short a time as possible but only once we have to learn the mistakes make us smarter and then make products say. this is the last details for the wingtips right. the wingtips are also made of carbon fiber. the material is very light and stable but it can't withstand everything. unlike fabric restructures can't survive a hard landing unscathed. they've been working on carbon fiber kites for 2 years

now and already over a 1000000 euros on prototypes. once a week the developers drive out to the airfield they haven't made much progress with flying yet. they often start at midnight when there's more of a steady wind. we get more flying time and it gets less stressful so we can enjoy the fruits of our labor. they need to fully automate the steering of the kite but getting there is a slow and complex process. trim a bit of the bottom. after a year of testing the kite takes off steered by the cables and stabilized by the computer. now they have to program the computer to carry out all flight maneuvers

autonomous li. the trickiest phase is when the kite is still really close to its base the software has to be very precise. little mistakes get punished in a big way but we've been practicing for so long that it's become routine. the kite is still flying just a few meters away from the telescopic arm but once the computer learns to guide the kite properly it should start to fly higher and generate electricity high above earthbound wind farms. gabon's marine protection program is one of the most comprehensive in west africa where overfishing is a major problem its aims to stop illegal fishing and also support local communities develop more sustainable fishing practices of course the program is only as good as its enforcement and that can be difficult as our reporter discover it. just

off the shore of the league of the. come on his eco guards patrol the coastline for illegal fishing. since 27000 nearly a quarter of waters have been named marine protection areas making the marine parks the biggest protections oh not for cars west coast. idea to create a marine park came from the need to preserve the fish stocks and to reduce the pressure of fishing particularly industrial fishing. that's why the park was created and from the shore it goes out around 4 kilometers . commercial fishing is strictly prohibited here but he and his men still come across illegal fishing activities every day these fisherman have been caught before they've already been given a warning. or

not see them here in the park again. so we let them off a little bit more lightly. but if we find foreign searching boats in the park we're much stricter with them. when the men go ashore they'll have to report to the authorities that they went fishing illegally. leaders of the fishing communities the marine parks are viewed with mixed feelings to fishermen feel they're being pushed as if they're fishing grounds alley acking to mentone mabo is the deputy president of gambon's largest fishing co-operative he's come to terms with the new regulations. and. sure the park has taken over some of the fishing waters. but what many people don't understand is it doesn't mean the fishing business is over it's not over because once the fish that

are produced in the park mature they also leave these areas they leave just about shell. everyone in this community is involved in the fishing business from making the nets to selling the fish and then smoking it so that it can be transported to other parts of the country. a few years ago much of this trade with informal but then the government ordered the registration of the boats and the formation of the cooperatives. brought. in have our cooperatives we have our bank accounts and all the agreements that go with them so the author and his respect us if they have new information for us i can go there as a representative and when i come back i can tell all are members. of the wildlife conservation society has been working with the cooperatives on behalf of the government the n.g.o.s helps them understand why for instance the match in the nets has to be big

enough to let small fish through and why it's more sustainable to let the fish grow and reproduce. and they get the shaft isn't that the artists know fishing business doesn't produce any bicultural waste everything they catch is kept unused. they produce for the local gap and use market while industrial fishing is mainly export oriented and that's why we want to promote artists in the fishing but it shouldn't be just done in any old way it should be done well. from head to tail every part of the fish is used for the people and gab on fish is a staple food demand is high and the authorities know that even small fisheries are an important part of the economy. was a reason we believe today is marine resources are tomorrows gold that's why we have to protect or ecosystems 7 as opposed to one of the eco guards does everything it

can to watch over the protected areas the hope is that bob bons concerted efforts not only keep the small fisheries in check but also keep the big trawlers at bay. nigeria has many rivers the lakes and lagoons and along the coastline but they have been devastated by voss demands of passed away sed it is destroying habitats and killing animals something urgently needs to be done yes indeed and there are people who are rising to the challenge eco process is a non-governmental organization in lagos that is committed to claiming plastics from the oceans i'm sure mines on the water rising leaders. with its impressive skyline and expensive yachts the lagoon in lagos is a picture of luxury and charm but only at 1st glance a closer look reveals the darker sides the lagoon is a cesspool of plastic waste

a group of environmental activists called eco pro is fighting against it they've been collecting trash here since 2019 to protect the environment and the people who live here because you get water to be. on the ground we are looking at how well we are looking pretty good at the end of our street will be flooded because of the fact that. the activists spill out once a week so clean up the lagoon it's estimated that $12000.00 metric tons of waste on from here every day be n.g.o.s work has paid to rent the boats with their own money the owners give them a lower rate to help out but on our boards cost about $30000.00 or because we sort of relationship with the beatles give us some discounts why the big boards with a 1000 naira because of the relationships that we have we've. also received help

from a private waste disposal company which claims waste from below going for free. plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling does exist here but its rhythm entry is really just a dump like what we have pickers who go to the dump site and they then individually take out the things which have to have a lot of value i mean we were literally throwing away money. to sort of pick them out take them they sell them off to the different people who are doing the recycling. up to 100 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis. the activists want to turn want public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior if only people can imbibe good culture where by your drinking you playing your bad instructions money that way you can find the traffic on. parole has also started to collect gone page on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra ball and says spontaneously. when i read

about this but not well it is almost on so i could. be that my fox smaller run because someone who doesn't like. an estimated 450000 metric tons of trash dropped in the lagoon and on the beaches every year the activists hope the government in lagos will step in soon to do more than it's doing now and that way the way see it will be cleared every day. and that's all for today thank you for watching i hope you enjoyed the show and found it stimulating buy from me. and goodbye for me in johannesburg as well if you have any questions or comments on eco africa writes to us all come visit us on social media see you next hour. dum.

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this is the w.'s life from his deputy prime minister calls for a vote of no confidence in his government. his policy differences mean it makes no sense for his far right party to continue in the coalition government he wants a new election also on the program. fridays for future movement and a week long forum in the swiss city of los alamos and the climate declaration

calling for climate policy to be based on the best scientific research. from political.