is it already too late for the garden. the moment 60 minutes. i'm not laughing at the germans because sometimes i am place and nothing with the german things deep into the german culture. you don't seem to take his grammar there to you it's all that who know i'm rachel join me for me to get some peace of course. the book. hello and welcome to another edition of equal africa with the colorful book of environmental issues from africa and europe my name is notes and i am posting this show from lagos nigeria with my colleagues in south africa.

high 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 on protecting the environment. why some a science can yeah i'm making. white so young berlin is setting up benches. and. how bond is tackling illegal. this week we'll start the show in kenya more and more messiah people are looking for alternatives to their traditional simoneau magic way of life herding cows goats and sheep as grazing lands are becoming ever scots up a few young messiah has started to keep bees for that they don't need lots of land .

noida forest is a great place for wild bees to leave there are no fields or pesticides and very few people. the members of my site people who do live in the area traditionally collect wild honey in the forest it's a boreas and dangerous 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. they get. money and an income. and this helps who live. life. like no greater number of. young men.

and getting. money. through this. and. it has become very hard to make a living the traditional way and some in a magic pastoralist some outside men still have as many as a 1000 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 and strength it also has to be shared with wild animals. patrick property has been observing this development for years now he is himself from outside and the local community official and as close to. to the people living

here still observe centuries old traditions but they are being forced to change in order to survive with. biggest challenges the loss of blood loss of blood is in blood is going to be subdivided that would reduce the number of less which we rely on because that is the only thing that will and can support very few. number 2 is the climate change brains that are predictable are you cannot plan you cannot invest because of the future 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 2 beekeepers. in the only runs the from his kin to see honey production in kenya grow current 3

percent of the honey consumed in the country is imported from tanzania but it will take time to build up a network of suppliers and marketing channels more people need to go into beekeeping. 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 issue of market it's the challenge is getting enough and the small amount of harm is so far produced and is not sent to nairobi 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 straight. from kenya to europe when awful lot of wood gets thrown away that could be repurposed so young people and berlin have started a project to make something useful that everybody can enjoy indeed they build

benches out of discarded term them up in pleasant spots across the city they really are doing eco friendly for. this branch was made from recycled material. and benyamin other founders of benching. 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.

we believe there aren't enough open spaces in berlin and especially not enough public benches most public space is used for road traffic and the few park benches that exist are in stupid places we think berlin needs more benches in iceland. patients so as to reclaim the city bit by bit. for the one. they closed the location of adventures on instagram that they get feedback from but linux will really enjoy 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 a 6 week old. as means reading past. some pommels have found a way to turn this pressed into an os. for this senegalese family clarin out weeds has become a lifeline. to the gian. plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity few. we make time for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of our houses and enclosures for the animals . it feels like payback years ago the

invasive weed crept into his field and those of many farmers on the banks of the senegal river leaving them help. cultivate rice over there on the other side and many. have to stop growing rice in these fields all because of the type. right now knows he can turn the weed into a year round income often join in a cooperative run by women in the 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 toughest role is burnt and then makes a rabbit before being pressed in the palace. the women churn out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel sons of iraq they have the time for plans has changed the women's lives

a moment before women did not other than fetching wood cooking for the household and taking care of the children and now we work we earn some money and we enjoy ourselves in this project we feel is right to go. on if. in wrongs makeshift market time for chocolate pallets sell for 15 years cents a bag dan daisy is convinced now and i stop to buy regular charcoal she appreciates a projects that is always available. it catches fire easily and doesn't stop hurting i've used it for 2 years and i tell my friends to buy 2 wood is difficult to find especially in the rainy season you can find a disagreeable we're going to be written. words discuss because villages in this region of cut down almost all the trees we use this view. is a sustainable answer for cooking in a place where electricity and gas out of reach for most senegal doesn't only use

tougher for charcoal it turns out the weed is a perfect material for a cooling waterproof roof to abraham cilla was racking his brains to think of a senegalese alternative to the patch receipt had seen in europe the answer was right on the reason those. people really brutally i never had a tie for so i put in my suitcase and took it to france to show them the said it was possible and so it started. so the bill to school and homes from is tax time and has overseen training of the local artisans to take the method back to the villages around 50 men have become traditional patches through the program. but if their mom grandmother preview the probably ritual cost less than a traditional stroll and it also allows to circulate.

the last 20 or 30 years. in a region threatened by climate change and ravaged by deforestation. under its half a reef has given the village a sustainable means of tackling serious problems for his longest time for thrives along senegal's largest river roo people can take this nuisance plant into their own hands and build a future with. now most people probably assume that carts are. used in burrowing used to voting cards that are meant to do and. generate electricity. by the way yes empty 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 wins. the technology and scale it up to rival today's wind turbines. starting small and have a long way to go. well always starting over. 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. the big challenge right now is programming the computer to steer the kite with cables like these. 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 a 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. our motto has to make as many mistakes as possible in as short a time as possible but only once it is what we have to learn and the mistakes make us smarter and they make the product safer. as it is this is the last details for the wing tips right. the wingtips are also made of carbon fiber. the material is very light and stable but it can't withstand everything. unlike. structures can 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 is 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 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 . trickiest phases 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. is still flying just a few metres away from the telescope. but once the computer learns to guy properly it should start to fly higher and generate electricity. earthbound wind farms. bones 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 all reported discovered. just

off the shore of bones capital equal of the she just cannot come out and his eco guards patrol the coastline for illegal fishing. since 27000 nearly a quarter of got ponds waters have been named marine protection areas making the guy or a marine park the biggest protections oh not for because 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. and it's. 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. there have been means 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 if they went fishing illegally. illegal the fishing communities the marine parks are viewed with mixed feelings the fishermen feel they're being pushed out of their 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. will say. 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. sessile. everyone in this community is involved in the fishing business from making the nats 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. we have our cooperatives we have our bank accounts and all the agreements that go with them so the author already has 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 our 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. the artists know fishing business doesn't produce any bicultural waste everything they catch is kept unused . they produce for the local gap in these markets 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. we believe today's marine resources are tomorrow's gold that's why we have to protect or ecosystems. as opposed to

one of the eco gartin does everything it can to watch over the protected areas the hope is that doubt bonds 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 pro busy is a non-governmental organization in lagos that is committed to clearing plastics from the oceans i'm sure mines on the water recently. with its impressive skyline and expensive yachts going on 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 the water that we eat on the ground we are looking at how we can really look at. the end of our street with the flooding for example with. the activists out once a week so we know 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 for the owners give them a lower rate to help out the butt on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we sort of relationship with the. divorce on these columns why did big boards with 2000 naira because of the relationships that we have with them

corporal also receives help from the private waste disposal company which claims waste from below going full freight. plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling 6 is 10 but its rhythm entry is really just a dump like what we do have 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 big how to value so we put 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 public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior if only people can imbibe of culture where by drinking you putting your bag in trash and money that way you can find the trust fund. like a pro has also started to collect gone based on beaches sometimes they're able to

recruit extra volunteers spontaneously. and about just about what it costs us or. you know my factory a smaller run because much money it's just like. an estimated 450000 metric tons of trash and 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. da.

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