literature invites us to see people in particular. i like to see myself as the kids find the strength grow grow. my only objective is to share with a fine beautiful. he does leave books on youtube. did you know that more than 2 sides of the is covered by water so you can see much of what a huge role this plays in maintaining the ecological health. welcome to iraq and african environmental magazine africa i am sunders you know you're coming to from kampala here in uganda on a big hello to my fellow placenta auntie in nigeria hello everyone and hello sandra

you are so right about our waters in fact you could go so far as to say that the future of our planet may depend on the conditions of our oceans lakes and rivers we'll have more on that in the coming reports but 1st a brief look at what's lined up today in our program. sessions has a rescue plan for its course so they were as will take a look at how that works. they intergovernmental panel on climate change has just presented its report on the condition of our oceans will see what it said and in germany and other parts of europe you can go kayaking for free as long as you collect trash along the way. first to the seychelles where environmentalists are working to protect coral reefs these frogs are ecosystems on lungs the most especially rich bio tubes on earth and the island nation relies on them for its very survival i mean we should have launched in 2014 inch to support

a healthy ocean i mean prevent climate change strategies and to promote the stable loue economy and the region depends on winning 115 islands actually play go east a truly unique marine ecosystem. this issues is a tropical paradise a key pillar who covers around 455 square kilometers of land. but more than 1300000 square kilometers of sea. sand on our marine resource for everything whether it's economy fact everything so for tourism and fisheries we don't have anything without that. many tourists come to visit the archipelago for this big truculent. so i realize that horses for

quality survey old fellow was growing up and understanding the relation that the say show what people have done with the ocean with the mire in the system and how much we rely on. a summary scientist she's concerned about the growing pressure on . exports go on regular days to assist the nation's fishing environmental pollution and to resume put strain on the seashells unique underwater world. the coral reefs are suffering the effects of climate change because they're very sensitive to changes in water temperature. they provide a home for a whole host of marine life 'd from cease males to sharks so we've got them biodiversity softens the reefs near the coast are especially vulnerable and therefore strands today. there has been a rise in ocean temperature and this has an impact on your corals then

this leads to coral bleaching and then you move the coral because then you and coral by the late 1990 s. most part of the reason the shallow waters have died. why corals and once they dead they are usually over by. the resources that you had and the activities that you carry out on the. back. of the government recently agreed to protect me a condo the contras marine motos within the next 2 years as part of an initiative called the sea shell is going mines with. danish a t.v. scurrying out of some of the of the underwater ecosystem. we carry our activities with intent all collecting that.

ensure that the management of there is effective in partnership with the nature conservancy n.g.o.s. committees hoping to understand exactly what's happening to their lives. hargraves often trouble regenerating the shallow water because the waves and currents are constantly moving the skeletons are good coral around making new time for new ones to sit. on. you can see the changes we had this very long period of time where the temperature is really high in the corals recall so this has a huge impact on your marriage. we have started a coral reef restore project looking at all the ways to try and restore coral reefs

using the corals. and growing corals and putting them back on the river. together with the fisheries in terms of compounds the country wants to find ways for everyone to use this ceases to innovate even out of the protests. action in. the marina especially is the fast of his kind in the indian ocean very important that we constantly have this good healthy coral i want everything that i do or should make a difference and if you have any i think it's a really wonderful feeling knowing that whatever information. it's going to point you to the way we do conservation that's going to have a positive in. hiring conservation station on the project transit least until 2020 by which time the fos long term protection plan should be in plants the ecosystem

in the sea shows is counting on. what a beautiful place let's hope it stays that way that the united nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change recently published its nature of a serpent on the state of our oceans and it wasn't good news the same process that's happening online and is also happening on the sea yes sadly you're right and we are being too careless with our quartic eco systems the increased levels of a border being absorbed by the water bodies how slow to us it is a question coastal areas are being polluted or eroded marine life is disappearing in a moment was picked to an expert in nigeria but for now here are a few raw facts in our new segment eco took. the ocean is a place of many wonders. but now it's

a garbage dump $8000000.00 tons of plastic land in our oceans each year about one garbage truck per minute. that's not only harmful to all sea life but also to human beings. climate killer carbon dioxide around 30 percent of greenhouse gases from human activities are absorbed by the ocean that's roughly $1000000.00 tons per hour . that helps to reduce the greenhouse effect. but the more c o 2 the oceans and seas absorb the more acidic they become 40 percent of all coral reefs have perished in the last 3 decades. the oceans are getting warmer sea levels are rising. between 20172018 they rose by 3.7 millimeters it's the highest see the rise in

a single year and it's already enough to flood small island nations. it's pretty shocking isn't it the oceans have huge potential to adapt to change and even to compensate for it but that can only walk if we're humans also play a part my colleague n.t. paid a visit to the nigerian institute for oceanography on learning results in the why he spoke to dr resident for the russell that is to collect data and mix recommendations to the government on how best to protect the sea or off the coast cost dr follows so had some interesting things to say take a listen. dr phil goes thank you so much for speaking with us let me go up because now we've just heard a report. about those who walk with agendas goals in the documentary

said can you tell us what exactly is the state of the oceans. around the world. become now confident that oceans ocean of plastic. when you take a seat cruise at the national environment for example a fisherman you will catch tons of plastic and very little fish the fish gets in there because the i'm just saying plastics and they have a still month full of plastics working the streets unlike the munchies i mean companies don't do the clean up the glass you know the polluters should pay they should encourage people to come out for this clean ups there are also domestic waste in the oceans there are several things the biodiversity is depletes in mungo but you fission is deeply tight and the ocean is not so good do you think the government can do anything to make some countries are

a bunch of sticks yes our governments can help by. gets in the salient groups of people to create the awareness of the damage and effects of single use plastics for example you know plastic cards strolls plastic bottles also some of the use we should go back to what we used to be you know in the fifty's whereby we use a vegetative leave to say food we use a cotton box the shop most things we ought to be doing to save the environment let's leave the last exam because a little bit of the question of overfishing and africom on the coasts of the region the mesh size for fishing you know. is smaller than this the bite mystifies because if you measure sizes are smaller than it is that you take on bald more fish is done just what you targeted the federal government can help by have

been you know money train systems all over the coastline because we cannot share our fish resources with the people who would do more to come from and shoot you constantly. discuss the embargo nigeria without talking about the oil industry and its impact on the environment well we have oil fields and this oil fields affects the fish resources because the juveniles cannot breathe when there is a oil on the surface of the water for the 7 hours by and then we have the whole fish top of the level for human consumption this week in the u.n. the u.n. talk about climate change you know do you think some of these marches need to be looked at more more than it would for us because we have to save our next generation these are the resources we have to live for them so we have to look critically at the climate change issues at pollution that's a single use plastic you know being dumped anyhow when you look you must be

a function you know when we pull some of these things in place to keep on vironment safe for the next 2 years thank you very much more. so now we're a bit wiser about the state of the woods oceans but what about the locks on the rivers which make up a significant part of the water system in many countries i hear things aren't much better sandra not if you talk to the people are the danish initiative great kayak but they are not just complaining about the state of u.s. rivers they are taking action they've come up with a pretty cool idea as you'll see in this week's doing your bit. moving far too much waste ends up in rivers and lakes especially in cities that bother to b.s.d. about hundreds in from denmark so much that in 2017 he launched an initiative

called green kayak paddlers can use boats for free in return for collecting any trash they find in the water. cannons recorders. it ends this french. small bits of plastic and. green kayak now has support in 5 countries including germany after reserving on line a boat a bucket and trash grabbers can be picked up at the dock of a cooperating boat rental a few enjoyable hours on the water that benefit the environment too and others are also getting on board to mention people are pretty conscientious these days almost everyone who rents a canoe kayak or paddle boat picks up whatever trash they find along the way and in that green kayak volunteers have collected over $21.00 tons of waste so far and as word spread via social media the amount is sure to grow. and how about you

if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send his or tweet. cash time doing your bit. we share your story. and that will be a good idea for law going here in lagos we're going to stick with the subject of rivers and visit one of germany's biggest waterways now the right even major rivers are feeling the heat as climate change gathers pace right and what we tend to forget is that a river system like that one house provided a high bit on on the source of water for people and nature for thousands of the is here to the eco system is fragile our needs protecting so our water treatment plant on the rhine purifies millions of littles a water every year. the rhine is one of the most important rivers in

europe. it's 1200 kilometers long and over half of it flows through germany seanie because it is it's also. busy transport. industry lines its banks and much of its waste water is discharged into the river if it isn't clean 1st the water is contaminated and can't be used for anything else here before the wind sampling points close to the river bank the water is extracted from the river as it flows by and then to transport by each with a diameter over a meter directed to the water works right there the water is intensively cleaned before being directed back into groundwater reserves fired these shafts the water treatment plant south of frankfurt is the only one in germany dedicated to processing river water. the infiltration process taking place in these tanks has a number of advantages. historical there and. historically

surface water hasn't been used for drinking water in germany mainly because the potential for a disaster on the wryness unavoidable so we couldn't guarantee supplies around the clock and there are also hygiene reasons the infiltration process filters bacteria from the water i'm reducing if not actually completely removing the risk of contamination in the summertime the water in the rhine can be as warm as 28 degrees the infiltration ensures a temperature balance so the top priority is maintaining groundwater levels guaranteeing a clean water reservoir even in the event of extended drought $43000000.00 cubic metres of water per year processed here at the main treatment facility in bieber's heim the process is managed in monitored any control center which forms industries and you need to bear in mind that this solution is only possible thanks to local

geological conditions and with what we have here as a vast natural aquifer you don't get them everywhere. across eastern germany for example there aren't any natural reservoirs. so this sort of solution wouldn't work there for geological reasons and if you're looking to shut. water from the rhine flows into these basins and this purified using a specially developed process. the theme is roughly once the water has been mechanically purified in the untreated water pump station the next step is flocculation that's part of the chemical purification process a flocculation agent is added so that flocke forms which is the nationally soluble that is turned into sediment and floats to the top the next step is to filter off the purified water. the facility was built 30 years ago at the time it was state of the art today it's been extended to be able to cope with the increase.

contaminants in the rhine. the water is examined for bacteria heavy metals and pesticides here in the abort tree in germany drinking in irrigation water must satisfy stringent quality standards that have based on specific micro biological parameters the facility also provides clean water to farmers such as hands you a fish if it irrigation. the soil in the region suffers badly during heat waves lately local farmers have needed to irrigate much more than usual to secure their harvest around 12 percent of the water purified in the facility is a market for farmers it's going to be sure it's essential we grow onion strawberries and a step is flocculation but it's part of the chemical purification process a flocculation agent is added so that flock for it's almost as clean as drinking

water and that means we can sell our strawberries directly but i can wholeheartedly vouch for our produce. farmers pay between $30.50 per cubic meter for the irrigation water drinking water would cost $10.00 times as much says hands. against a backdrop of climate change clean water has grown more important than ever for the region. back to africa here in uganda but also in terms anya and kenya fish stocks in lead victoria are being depleted while this one is partly to blame oz is over exploitation of natural resources a project with partners from 7 countries in europe and africa so forces to talk with some of these problems we went to the gun inside of left with toria to meet up with a team from the university of cars in germany the scientists are here told what their goal is to boast fish stocks and also show the local communities how to preserve

the environment. now that. mohammed has been fishing off they were going to shows of let me tell you for more than 25 years. we no longer catch fish like we used to. big economic impact on us. right now you can sit traps and come up empty or get just one cut away in the old days we would get a good catch. the main cause for the depletion of stocks overfishing pollution from industrial activity is another problem these issues have made it harder to meet the rising demand for fish 6. this has prompted some ugandans to set up fish farms. one of the biggest challenges is the lack of clean fresh water. runs

a fish from outside the capital kampala. to fish farming you have to keep flushing your ponds all the time so you can imagine the amount of money that was spent just to make sure that we had water running into the different points every 10000. she's taking part in a union funded project called vision one she does this from us are learning about a new technology. it was developed by a team of european and african scientists the project is led by professor john from the university of culture away in germany the team has come up with a new system 3 use west water in order to cut costs while boosting efficiency. one develop a system for the market it's called research aquaculture so this is to makes use of

100 percent water. reuse water is circulation so it's environmentally very friendly because there's no water going through and there's no nothing spoiling the environment and we make use of renewable energy in order to reduce the c o 2 footprint. in the tunnel on the can and side of the lake product is already in place the water is filtered using what's known as membrane bio reactor technology. over in uganda has been using recycled water for the last 18 months the used water is pumped into a tongue from there it flows into this busines which contains stones and sun that help clean the water. wants to use recycled water to have big points too.

so we already have the system and it has proved to be very efficient for us using the same water we maintain the same temperatures because that's also very crucial when you're watching exit to the into her chair so for the points that still work in progress for us to see how will be able to integrate it. this is just like more from us to recycle water ideally using renewable energy the professor and his team have been working on this project for the last 3 years so far what caused them to uganda kenya and tanzania. we want to train we want to show people and we want to see how everything develops in the future and finally very very important is we need to dept this solution for the local market so at the moment we've brought a lot of ideas from europe and now we need the feedback of the local people to give us a guidance in future how can we develop

a low cost system one of the ways they're hoping to achieve that is by promoting exchange between scientists and from us the established best practices that boost fish stocks and protect the environment. so what we us would see a dramatic decline in sea life or since on waterways full of plastic and industrial waste surely it's time for all of us to do our bit and hopefully you know how you can do that you've been watching a special edition of africa on aquatic eco systems it's time for me to say goodbye from kampala here in uganda. and goodbye from me in lagos nigeria you can find the show on further information on our website and social media platforms and remember our oceans and waterways are just as important for the planet as the lad see you next week by.

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