everyone but. a lack of water is equally dangerous. if you can't get you see people myself so they can plant crops and find. floods droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration. right. now if you want and probably more liberal. climate exodus starts september 5th on d w. welcome to global 3000 this week's program highlights the sunny side of life it's life affirming and encouraging we set out to reveal the many positive developments

on our planet and show that over the years human progress has actually made plenty of things a lot better. not everyone's convinced of that however a 2016 study also people from 17 different countries whether they thought the world was getting better or worse. just 11 percent believed things were improving. 30 percent thought things said more or less stayed the same. but the overwhelming majority 58 percent were of the opinion things were getting worse. this dramatic scene is one of a selection of photos taken by photographers in 2018 for the world press photo exhibition at the believe lantos in berlin but which impression is it that we take home with us one with positive foundations providing us with inspiration joy and amusement body negatives. henri's overshadow

a view of the world one that can be so cruel unjust so traumatizing and terrifying . the world in oxford is a more rarefied one the english university town has a special appeal for those with open minds it's a venerable halls of learning have seen no shortage of unconventional thinkers and people who like to see things along alternative lines. kind of richie from scotland is no exception she has a take on life that is fairly uncustomary. the world does not always a good points but it's much much better than it was in the past and i think is really important that we acknowledge this and understand this to make sure progress continues. post-doctoral research on global development is a champion of presenting the world as it is including the good sides she and her colleagues at the universities martin school research unit compiled figures and

graphics for a database that emphasizes positive trends it's featured on their website oh world in data. life expectancy for example has risen significantly across the world. from a global average of 46 in 1950 to over 70 now. and the proportion of children dying before the age of 5 has steadily declined in many countries child mortality is no close to 0. the researchers also have encouraging news on the global poverty front over the last 30 years the number of people below the absolute poverty level those with an income of less than $1.90 per day has fallen by 2 thirds the reason you need to understand these political developments is because if you come out of the belief that the world has continued . then none of the interventions. what then you

become really cynical that then you. feel like you can change and our friends will give up. for. solutions scientists have literally been taking to the stage to publicize their encouraging findings and a swedish doctor who died 2 years ago was a star on the international conference circuit because enlightening and entertaining ted talks have been viewed by millions online and many in the rich countries they think oh we can never end the extreme poverty and of course they think so. what that's how we have been more systematic when we fight. and then i discovered the work. and i really realized that all of the conceptions that hard about the way the world is today were really will spend all these years in education i kept up. and i just had no idea so why does news tend to be

dominated by misery and suffering while positive stories barely have an impact in media critic peter liquor says the imbalance in coverage is no accident. nothing negative stories are just part of the media product menu that we have. and that menu look good says is determined by intense competition in the media world where the print online or t.v. and radio the desire to court consumers and enhance your brand positioning leads to exaggeration and sensationalism in the process of turning human hardship into a spectator sport that is precisely what readers and viewers want says look good. because people are limited in their process of selection limited to things that deviate from what they themselves see as normal. it might be unpleasant to accept but we tend to define our own happiness via the misfortune of others meaning. it

affected me that's why we need negative news stories. very transformative change is. a single event can a poor on a daily basis there things happen every single day the same thing every single day which you may think are very incremental but overdeck is really a transformative changes and no one supporting that. so how does the prevalent present is a must for those who are promoting a more balanced view. far from being disappointed or bitter and a richer and her team are happy to see even modest progress including grade school level. we see students draw i know the little marks. on them they're based on. poverty or so they're really learning about the world and learning about a large scale much for us just the best thing to see and what better place for hundreds team to celebrate the human story than the last a greenmarket. global cold

in a region lights just around the corner from our office a microcosm of the modern world and here it is without doubt the positive world. our global ideas series regularly features people striving to change things for the better for instance by helping to protect nature and our climate. this week we go to southern kenya a vast area home to a wide variety of flora and fauna particularly in the national park the region's main tool which detraction. it's also home to the mass i a people that traditionally practice strict gender roles but as our reporter betina tomo discovered here 2 things are changing.

early morning in southern kenya near the tanzanian border. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh my names you have to have. moved into team lioness we should you go through the money i mean the morning cool for for feeding excess i said to pay pal i settle for their low budget battle to make sure that our bodies that are ready to walk and not the last leap. she works in a large area of messiah community land the local group branch it almost surrounds the embassy the national park at the foot of mount kilimanjaro. but purity like cora is one of 8 young women who have recently completed their training as rangers . head ranger is part trick. together they plan their daily missions their work can be very dangerous your authority we work in

a very very high stress there will be so buffalo's. sometimes when you go to get through the bushes a little bit. by. god's. betrayed me precautions and how would you react how would you be aware of your leg as you go out and what. team lioness as the 8 are known is one of the 1st all female ranger units in kenya and the very 1st made up of masai women are traditionally women are considered weak and do not pursue an occupation outside of the family. strict rules and hierarchy is observed for centuries in must side communities are slowly being questioned and loosened. the other group is planning a patrol in the area surrounding the 4 ranger camps on the messiah community land in all there are 70 rangers here. and we really like the idea of this event yeah

because though we want to but. then once and also their community that we want to see them element who bought into that we can send the community. several 1000 elephants live here too they move back and forth between national parks in the west and the east of the country and traverse my side lands along the way there are no fences barring their path. purity carr and the rest of her team travel long distances on foot. between 20 and 40 kilometers a day the same as the male rangers. among their most important duties is talking to people who live here i must sire semi-nomadic pastoralist who cover a lot of ground with their flocks and encounter wild animals along the way sometimes lions kill cattle elephants rampage in villages the rangers need to hear

about problems and be informed if poachers are in the area. they charge animals movement patterns and register their g.p.s. coordinates rangers are on patrol 7 days a week it's a way for these women to break out of strict traditional gender roles but the job is far from easy thanks. because the little i mostly like and once they hurt and they can kill you so scared because a little. like want to live long for that then so looking in their wishes you can because you know. so you might be not aware but that. once a month purity luck or a visits her family in their village for a week's break. ringback her daughter lives here and is looked after by the

extended family. that i manage her female relatives make jewelry and sell it to tourists visiting the national parks nearby from a side of women this kind of business is not considered controversial. it is also an important source of income. it allowed purity like cars mother to pay her children schools he's. told my father and my mother that you've educated me yet now i've done with my father what you wanted me to come in death in how to live without it no outflow where it was then how you had to get it if you don't want me to go into work then i told them no because you have educated me like you implicitly this need to win. me that. and with her regular income she can support her family. that has earned her respect in the community.

that would have. having seen purity and the other girls join the ranger unit. and seeing them working with confidence we made the right decision you know might have been achieved and you know now we are going to. any other girl who will be accepted into a rangy unit will also have our acceptance. by. purity like carr is a pioneer a woman of courage and that will one day benefit her daughter as well. the job created a strong bond between the female rangers. it took a while to convince the village elders to give them permission to do the work the project was initiated by the ngo international fund for animal welfare. this is a community that is really male dominated a lot saw the godchild that women get and don't have a c.

you know looking for issues so we've been imparting them not just to doing the range of course but also in terms of education and scholarships to want to see in general women playing a bigger role in controversial matters here. that. when rangers live in tents for now but proper housing is being planned. they spend 3 weeks together at a stretch that creates a sense of community. we discuss how you have been in chad of your beef cattle how you don't need to continue with these why then when remits together we encouraged us then let's just say they all about do their job so when we come together we talk about food things like both and even the interaction between us and the men who talk about it and we had very thought that. this kind of

female empowerment and self determination is something new in their society but it appears to be catching on. repression and discrimination are part of life for many women around the world on our new facebook channel d.w. women you'll find stories about those taking a stand and inspiring others to do the same d.w. women gives a voice to women of all worlds. have you ever seen a whale in the wild. whale watching excursions provide an opportunity to get up close to these gentle giants. whales can be spotted in deep waters around the globe from the west coast of north america across the seas to south africa europe japan through to australia and new zealand. and something sensational is happening

to humpback whales and once again being sighted in several places in the 1970 s. widespread commercial whaling nearly caused their extinction then in the 1980 s. whaling was largely banned and now humpback whales are returning to areas where they hadn't been seen but decades. will watchers off shore near new york welcome on board the american princess this is their best the out. that has that fabulous. photographing and recording the humpback whale that was eating grout in new york. every summer the humpback whales migrate here in search of food and are now believed to have strayed as far as the busy shipping lanes of new york harbor. sylvia ackerman works for the gotham whales conservation group and is out here almost every day on the lookout

for humpbacks. that whales are or have recovered significantly since their day marshall well it was at that protection and our waters now also we are. then they've been in decades. of ox cart and then we see the 1st 2 whales spouting. a sign that they're on the hunt. the whale watchers are then also treated to a pod of young dolphins a key prey for both dolphins and humpback whales is menhaden cause. it's an oily forage fish that isn't rich supply in these waters. what looks like rain hitting the water is actually a dense school of fish the menhaden often cluster in such concentrations that they can be easily spotted from the air off the coast of long island.

the fish feed off algae and plankton that have absorbed carbon dioxide as such men have been are both invaluable filter fish for the ocean and a vital part of the marine food chain. they not only supply the whales and dolphins but also other species the fish like stripe that. are see the birds they're what's known as a keystone species. menhaden are an easy catch for whales but also for commercial fishing fleets their catch is reached a level where there were not enough fish left for the whales and dolphins the introduction of fishing quotas in 2013 song stocks recover and the whales return. further south in reveal virginia menhaden provide the main source of income the amiga protein corporation is the last company on the east coast of the u.s. to catch manhattan on an industrial scale but not for the dinner table there are

a mega 3 rich flushes turned into fish oil or fish meal this fish here appear to be probably 3 to 4 years old based on the size but representatives from the fisheries agency. actually we'll come here take a sampling will actually determine exactly who they have based on where we catch them which are in our captain's logs self-help track that species the bar bass of men hate. the menhaden are a big deal in reed film until recently there were no official limits on catches of the fish their stock seemed inexhaustible except they weren't overfishing brotman haydon close to extinction in the 1960 s. by which point the whales had already left a make up protein believes there is no danger of that happening again thanks to the quota there's no overfishing going on and the fact is that the fishery only takes you know about 6 to 8 percent of the biomass every year 68 percent and the other

$94.00 to $96.00 or so percent of that biomass is left out there to to service ecological purpose. no menhaden no humpback whales a simple enough equation. but the figures cited by the fishing industry are disputed by scientists who are opposed to any increase in the permitted fishing quotas other animals such as the sea hawk also feed on the menhaden it's a pivotal element of the entire ecosystem. that's a very hopeful we joined researcher alan pickett from long island stony brook university for a trip on her research ship they're studying the biodiversity here in chicago bay which serves as a kind of nursery for a range of atlantic fish including men hayden using bait made of muzzle flash they set up an underwater camera and trap on the bottom of the bay always at the same spot. a few hours later the scientists will retrieve the latest findings for their

long term study. the concept that really take into account not only the amount of fish of a. well to fish for the amount of fish available to eat by whales by stride past 5 to nose bush arcs that concept has been heard loud and clear the team records and measures everything picked up in the trap from baby blowfish to shrimp all links in the chain of the ecosystem which the whales depend on for food. we see large schools right off of the close of new york city you know it's incredible this is something that during my lifetime i have not been able to see before so it is just incredible to be able to see. her excitement is shared by tourists who go on the 4 hour long whale watching tours. to your local well the

fair grounds but slice the other elements wildlife. mud off the beach there here we love it here dirty work native new yorker so we're skeptical about everything under so many said there will whales out here we have to see it to believe it because we go back to the days where you know there was no light down here at. the gotham whales activists advocate for the whales and against higher fishing quotas will there be enough menhaden for all parties in the long term there. if it's done for africa. and that's something the conservationists want to ensure in the hope that migrating humpback whales will keep on returning to feed on fish in the waters off new york city. and now we're often told in europe where we've been invited into a home in iceland. hi

my name softly are and from frederick every character is a small village in the south and part of iceland so i want to welcome you into my home. so this is our living room. and here we stay most of the time. our house is built on a hot area we never have to warm it up not in the winter time because it's all this hot. comfortable. this is also my favorite thing here it's from my mother i grew up with this. the flowers.

this for example is a gift from a very good friend and i really love this thing also these tears there since i was just since a remember since i was a little girl also this tear here it's it's very old i think at this around 250 years old and it comes or it similarly from denmark. it's something these people in the old things. and this is my favorite thing here. my place next it's an old grand piano since 884 i sometimes play it i could maybe try.

yes this is our kitchen here. and we have very fresh water enough warm water and. it's so clear you just drink it it's very clear very cold the water. in them so i have a lot of africa things for example here in the green the whole world this is my husband this is my house spent watching the valve and you know it's. my husband's name is stephanie ok i hate that me. it's me and my husband. our mothers. our children he has 4 and i have 4 and grandchildren. i hope you enjoyed visiting me and my husband here in connecticut and i hope you will come here for

this if i send our beautiful country see you here. yes. that's all this time did you enjoy a look at the brighter side of life. and drop us a line take global 3000 d.w. dot com and if you get we're on facebook d w women see you next week.

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