this suit. is to get. discovered and. subscribe to the documentary to. i don't welcome to another edition of equal africa. of environmental issues africa and europe my name is notes and i am 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 aside here i'm making. white so young berlin is setting up benches. and. how bond is tackling. this week with stop 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 youngness i have started to keep bees for that they don't need lots of land.

with. no need to forest is a great place for bees to live there are no fruits pesticides and very few people. the members of my site people who do live in that area traditionally collect wild honey in the forest it's a boring us 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're environmentally friendly. and you have to get money and. everything and built. done a life. like no one else great a number of. young men here along with my to their kids to school and getting him money. 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 7 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 property has been observing this development for years now he is himself from outside 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 challenge is the loss of blood loss of blood is in blood is going to be subdivided that would reduce the number of lest if we rely on because that is the only thing that a lot 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 the end is not clear for us. climate change and laughably 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. the only runs the from his skin to see honey production in kenya grow. errantry 80

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 in to be keeping. 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 issue of market it's the challenge is getting enough and the small amount of hands so far produced in loiter is not sent to nairobi it is sold in nearby villages but if production is carried out and if movie keeping project size toughest the future of the industry in kenya made proved to be sweet. from kenya to europe when awful lot of word gets thrown away that could be repurposed to young people and 1000000000 have started a project to make something useful that everybody can enjoy indeed they build

benches out of discarded turn but i'm up in pleasant spots across the city really. 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. music 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. pet project isn't just about ecological awareness.

we believe there aren't enough open spaces in berlin and especially not enough public ventures 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 nice locations so as to reclaim the city bit by bit. but for one. thing comes the location of the benches on instagram that i get feedback from but then those who are 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 be nice here's another great idea this one's from senegal where i'm a 6 week old. asking spreading fast and. some farmers have found a way to turn this quest into an os. for this senegalese fama clarinets weeds has become a lifeline. to the g.m. . plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity few. what we make time for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of the houses and enclosures for the animals . and 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. didn't. need them but used to cultivate rice over there on the other side and melons to have to stop growing rice in these fields all because of tide. right. now she knows he can turn the weed into a year round income after joining a cooperative run by women in the village and once the bundles are dried gian takes them to the top for charcoal processing plant and the women take over. first the tougher straw is burnt and then makes only gum arabica before being pressed into the pilots the women child out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel signs in iraq they have the time for plans has changed the women's lives in moments before women did nothing other than fetching

wood cooking for the household and taking care of the children now we work we run so money and we enjoy ourselves and 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 down daisy is convinced now and not stopped by regular charcoal she appreciates a products that is always available more women go 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 it. would discuss because villages in this region have cut down all the trees were useless few times is a sustainable answer for cooking in a place where electricity and gas out of reach for most senegal doesn't any use

tougher for charcoal it turns out the weed is a perfect material for cooling was a pretty free too. 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. if you are deliberately i never heard of tyson so i put in my suitcase and took it to friends to show them the said it was possible and so it started. so the built a school and homes from his tax time and has overseen training as a local artist sense to take the method back to the villages around 50 men have become traditional factions through the program. from our grandmother preview the probably ritual cost less than traditional stroll and it also allows us to circulate the hot season of parties or going through. our

trash moves the last 20 or 30 years the british. entrepreneur. in a region threatened by climate change and ravaged by different station on tougher charcoal under its hard for relief has given the village a sustainable means of tackling serious problems for as long as tougher 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 carts are. but a start up based in burlington used to voting cards that are meant to do in. memory generate electricity. by the way yes mt 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. and its vision is that he developed the technology and scale it up to rival today's wind turbines. starting small and have a long way to go one way 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. 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 mines would rise to a height of 2 or $300.00 metres where the wind is stronger and more persistent thing closer to the ground. the inner kite 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 a mater is also has to make as many mistakes as possible in as short a time as possible but only once it is why we have to learn and the mistakes make us smarter and then make the product safer as productive as a hero as is causing this is a lost details for the wingtips right to do. 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. 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 guide the kite properly it should start to fly higher and generate electricity. earthbound wind farms. as 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 supports 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 discovered. just off the shore of capital equal of the she just

cannot come on his eco guards patrol the coastline for illegal fishing. since 27000 nearly a quarter of ponds waters have been named marine protection areas making the pentagon or a marine park 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. and. that's why the park was created and from the shore it goes down to 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. better

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. in leaders of the fishing communities the marine parks are viewed with mixed feelings among the fishermen feel they're being pushed out of their fishing grounds ali 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. sessile. 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 was 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 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 our members. the wildlife conservation society has been working with the cooperatives on behalf of the governments 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. i think that the chefs and 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. was a reason we believe today is marine resources are tomorrows gold that's why we have to protect or ecosystems. is against it while the eco guard team does everything it

can to watch over the protected areas the hope is that da pounds 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're being devastated by voss demands of plastic waste it is destroying habitats and killing animals something urgently needs to be done yes indeed and there are rising to the challenge people problem is a non-governmental organization in lagos that is committed to claiming plastics from the oceans i'm sure mines on the water recently. with its impressive skyline and expensive yachts going 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 if you want to know each other that we are looking out for when we are looking for any we are looking. at the end of our street will be flooded with different cultures because every week. the activists go out once a week to clean up the lagoon it's estimated that $12000.00 metric tons of waste on here every day. the ngo work has paid to rent to boats with their own money so the onus give them a lower rate to help out the but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we settle for they ship. the deals give us some discounts why the big boards with a 1000 naira because all the relationships that we have with them and

a corporal also receives help from the private waste disposal company which clears waste from the lagoon full freight. plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling 6 is 10 but it's 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 are literally throwing away money value so you 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 supposed to when this about the environment to help change people's behavior. if only people can inveigle culture where by drinking you playing your back that way you can find the trust fund. and corporal has also started to collect gone page on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit

extra spontaneously. just but that's what it costs so i could. be that my far smaller run because much money it's just like. an estimated $450000.00 metric tons of trash are 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 said 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. no.

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