you correspondent susan hard it. can cost you exactly. the various flavors of the exotic i am a challenge for you all very giving and the way. to confusion and far. from street food the 5 star restaurant tasty taipei starts september 1st on t 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 asked 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 are getting worse. this dramatic scene is one of a selection of photos taken by photographers and 28 team for the world press photo exhibition at the village of 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 or negative. stories 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 venerable halls of learning have seen no shortage of unconventional thinkers and people who like to see things along alternative lines. 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 everything 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 now 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 is continuing . then none of the interventions. what then you become

really cynical of the world and then you. feel like you can change in 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 as 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 because they don't know what that's how. we have to be more systematic when we fight ignorance and then i discovered the work. and i really realized that all of the conceptions i've had of it the way the world is changing were really wrong spent 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 media critic peter little 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. not

affected we that's why we need negative news stories. really transformative change is. a single event on a daily basis there things happen every single day the same thing every single day which you may think are very incremental but over there is really a transformative changes and no one is supporting that. so how does the prevalent present ism affect those who are promoting a more balanced view. far from being disappointed or better on a richer and her team are happy to see even modest progress including at grade school level. we see students go i know the ups. and then they're based on. poverty or so they're really learning about the world and learning about a large scale much for us it's the best thing to see and what better place for hunters team to celebrate the human story the green market. is global colin region

lights just around the corner from our office the 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 tourist attraction. it's also home to the mass i a people that traditionally practice strict gender roles but as our reporter betina told me i discovered here 2 things are changing. that. 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 oh oh my names you have to have a. little into to me lioness we should you go to the money i did in the morning cool for for 15 excess i said to put a balance there for their loved one a bottle to make sure that our body started to walk and to mourn the last really. she works in a large area of messiah community land the local group branch it almost surrounds say the national park at the foot of mount kilimanjaro. but purity like carra 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 walk in

a very very house just as there will be so buffaloes. sometimes when you go to the secrets of the bushes a little bit. through the treme precautions and how would you react how would you be aware of your development as you go out and what. team lioness says 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 hierarchies observed for centuries and must psych munity so slowly being questioned and loosened. by the group is planning a patrol in the area surrounding the 4 ranger camps on the messiah community land in all their 70 rangers here. and we really like the idea of this event as dad was

the only one but. then once and also their community that we went to see them when i meant to board and. 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 car 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 the messiah or 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 david cut because the little i know mostly and. they can kill you so. good because a little. like want to live. then so king 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. 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 chorus mother to pay her children's school sleaze. i told my father and my mother that you've educated me yet now i've done with my family you wanted me to come in death in how really we voted no outflow when he had to get it if you don't want me to go into work then i told them no because you have advocated me i'd like you implicitly with me to win. me that. and with her regular income she can support her family. that has earned her respect in the community.

whatever. having seen purity and the other girls join the ranger unit. and seeing them working were convinced we made the right decision you know might have been if you. know what i will get. any other girl who will be accepted into a ranger unit also have our exceptions made to how i love my. purity like car 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 not have

a c you know lot of issues so we've been importing them not just to doing their job force but also in terms of educational scholarships to one to see in general we've been playing a bigger role in controversial matters here. when rangers live in tents for now but proper housing is being planned. they spent 3 weeks together at a stretch that creates a sense of community. we discuss how you'll be in jad. cad how you did continue with these walk then when remits together we encouraged us then let's just say they are loved both of their jobs so when we come together we talk about slow things that i suppose and even the interaction between us and the men we talk about it yeah we had with. 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 saying 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

2 humpback whales are 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 for decades. while watchers off shore near new york welcome on board the american bird said this is their ellenbeth the out. that has that fabulous. photographing and recording the humpback whales that live in 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 wales conservation group and is out here almost every day on the lookout for

humpbacks. the humpback whales. have recovered significantly since the day of marshall welling because of that protection and our waters now also believed her. then they've been in decades. odds are 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. come. 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 men hate and 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 stride that fish are seabirds their what's known as a keystone species. menhaden aren't easy catch for whales but also for commercial fishing fleets their catches reached a level where there were not enough fish left for the whales and dolphins the introduction of fishing quotas in 2013 saw stocks recover and the whales returned. further south in reveal virginia menhaden provide the main source of income for the amiga protein corp is the last company on the east coast at the u.s. to catch man hayden on an industrial scale but not for the dinner table there are

a mega 3 rich flushes turned into fish oil or fish meal these fish appear to be probably 3 to 4 years old based on the size 4 representatives from the fisheries a this is. actually we'll come here and take a sampling will actually determine the exact age that they have based on where we catch them which are in our fathers' logs they'll help track that species the bar massive men hate. the menhaden are a big deal in retail 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 about 6 to 8 percent of the biomass every year 68 percent of 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. for we join researcher alan pickett's 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. of the concept that really take into account not only the amount of 1st of all. well to fish for the amount of fish available to eat by whales by stride past 5 to nose british 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 grossest 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 health and well to their

routes but slice of all the elements while my. mother will be there here we love it here i've heard were native new yorker so we're skeptical about everything and so many said they were whales out here we've got to see it to believe it because we go back to the days where you know there was no light down here. the gotham whales activists advocate for the whales and against higher fishing quotas will there be enough men haydon for all parties in the long term there. if it's done properly. 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 is software and bam from frederick every predicate is a small village in the south of 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 you never have to warm it up not in the wintertime. 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 plowers.

for this for example is a gift from a very good friend. and i really love this thing also these 2 years there since i was just since a remembrance since i was a little girl also this cheer here. it's very old i think it is for around 200 than 50 years thought and it comes or it similarly from work. with some danish people in the old days. and this is my favorite thing here. might believe that it's an old grand piano since $884.00 i sometimes play it i could maybe try. oh. yes this is our

kitchen here. and we have very fresh water in not warm water and. the over 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 window while this is my husband this is my husband watching the very news. my husband's name is stephanie. ok that. 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.

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