is the world really getting better. a global $3000.00 special reports. starts august 19th sunday to. hello and welcome to another edition of the colorful of environmental issues africa and europe my name is notes and i'm also in the show from lagos nigeria with my colleague in south africa. i don't see high that's an easy greetings from johannesburg today we're going to find out how kites harvest the

wind a high in the sky to generate energy and look at many will great ideas on protecting the environment. why some a scientist here i'm making. white so young but in this setting up benches. and. how bond is tackling. this week we start the show in kenya moore and roma side people are looking for alternatives to their traditional sending a 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 . night a forest is a great place for wild bees to leave their 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 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 you have to get money and so on and. everything and those. the list. on the left. like no greater number of. young men here alone who are moderate their kids are now with the school. getting him money. it has become very hard to make a living the traditional way and some in

a magic pastoralist some 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 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 challenges the loss of blood loss of blood

disease blood is going to be subdivided god would reduce the number of left 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 have a predictable. you cannot plan you cannot invest because in 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 2 beekeepers. and this to me only runs the for his kid 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 into beekeeping. i think its 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 the small amount of harm is so far produced and is not sent to my rugby it is sold in nearby villages but if production is carried out and if movie keeping project size top just the future of the industry in kenya which proved 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 their bit eco friendly people for.

this bench was made from recycled material. and benyamin other founders of benching but. 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. doesn't and 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. haitians so's to reclaim the city bit but it didn't think the 41. a coastal location backbenches on instagram that they get feedback from by lynas who are really enjoying the new addition to the city. 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 stories. i want to 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 power must have found a way to turn dispersed into an os. for this senegalese pharma clarin out weeds has become a lifeline. to the. hoffa plant in order to provide his village with a precious commodity few. we make try for charcoal we also use it for the roofs of our houses and enclosures for the animals . it feels like payback years ago invasive weed crept into his field and those of many farmers on the banks of the senegal river leaving them help. with.

rice over there on the other side and minutes to we have to stop growing rice in these fields all because of the time from. now. iraq. now knows he can turn the weed into a year round income after joining a corporation 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 1st the toughest role is burnt down and the next one gone arabica before being pressed in the pilot's. the woman child out 5 or 6 times a week of this clean burning fuel signs in iraq the time for plans has changed the women's lives on 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 in this project we feel is right to go. on if. in wrongs makeshift market time for chocolate pallets 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 for women it catches fire easily and doesn't stop hurting i've used it for 2 years and i tell my friends to buy 2 which is difficult to find especially in the rainy season you can find it. will discuss because villages in this region of cut down almost all the trees were used as fuel tifa is a sustainable answer for cooking in the 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 a cooling waterproof roof to abraham cilla was racking his brains to think of

a senegalese alternative to the catch reef see had seen in europe the answer was right on there is no use. to people really brutally they have ahead of time for so i put in my suitcase. to show them the said was possible and so it started. so the bill to school and homes from is touched and has overseen training as a local artisans to take the method back to the villages around 15 men have become traditional factions through the program. but in myanmar the mature bravura the problem are 2 of cost less than traditional stroll and it also allows us to circulate the hot season apartments or going through. our trash roofs the last 20 or 30 years.

in a region threatened by climate change and ravaged by deforestation going on top of the charcoal under its hard for a reef has given the village a sustainable means of tackling serious problems for as long as to have the thrives along senegal's largest river group people can take this new sense plant into their hands and build their future with it. now most people probably assume that the cards are. in burrowing used to voting cards that are meant to do it. namely generate electricity. by the way yes mt it sounds pretty amazing and the idea is for them to sorts o. 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. spaciousness a developing technology and scale it up to rival today's when times. starting small and have a long way to go. well always starting over. for now the kite is attached by cable to a telescopic are 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 then 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. our motto is 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 safe. as it is 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. 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'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. 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. 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 kind 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 leap of the 2 to scale cannot come out on his eco guards patrol the coastline for illegal fishing. since 27000 nearly

a quarter of ga ponds waters have been named marine protection areas making the pun gara 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 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. better not see them here in the park again. gavin 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 that they went fishing illegally. leaders of the fishing communities the marine parks are viewed with mixed feelings the fishermen feel they're being pushed out of their fishing grounds ali acking to mentone mabo is the deputy president of god on the largest fishing co-operative he's come to terms with the new regulations. 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 so. 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. we have our cooperative as 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. of 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 mesh 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 in music. they produce for the local governance 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 good it was a we believe today's marine resources are tomorrow's gold that's why we have to protect or ecosystems one of these and that was a persistent one of the eco guards team does everything it can to watch over the protected areas the hope is that dop ons 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 passed away sed it is destroying habitats and killing animals something urgently needs to be done yes indeed and there are rising to the challenge people approach is a non-governmental organization in lagos that is committed to clearing plastics from the ocean and i'm sure mines on the waterways you meet. 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 probe 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 if you know what we are looking at how we look and really look at. how the end of our street would be flooded with nature because everywhere. the activists came out once a week to clean up the lagoon it's estimated that 12000 metric tons of waste are here every day. work has paid to rent the boats with no money so the onus give them a lower rate to help out but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we settle for they should ship. the. people some discounts why the big boards with a 1000 naira because all the relationships that we have with them pro also receives help from the private waste disposal company which claims waste from bill and going full 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 site. 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 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 public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior if only people can imbibe good culture where by drinking you play on your back that way you can find the trust fund. and go pro has also started to collect gone based on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra says spontaneously. when i just.

want to host. my fox smaller run because i want your response like you. an estimated 450000 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. 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. dumb.

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