which should be. surely useful for the world surely to exception the story in discussion of the use of jeezy's and what i would say wu comes to. join us on facebook. for. the way. did you know was that more than 2 sides of the us is covered by water so you can see much of what a huge role this plays in maintaining the ecological health of a plant welcome to iraq an 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 presenter 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 still a way as well take a look at how that works. they intergovernmental panel on climate change has just presented its report on the condition of our oceans we'll see what he said and in germany and other parts of europe you can go kayaking for free as long as you collect travel along the way. first to the seychelles where environmentalists are working to protect coral reefs these frogs are ecosystems lungs the most especially rich bio tubes on earth and the island nation relies on them for its very survival and. missions of launching 2014 aims to support

a healthy ocean and implement climate change strategies and to promote the stable blue economy and the region depends on winning $115.00 islands that's a political he's truly unique a marine ecosystem. but. this issue's is a tropical paradise the iraqi pillar who covers around 455 square kilometers of land. much more than 1300000 square kilometers of sea. sand on our american resources for everything whether it's our economy activities or 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 it wasn't horses for quite some of the old growing up and understanding the relation that the

say show what people have done with the ocean with the persists in the how much we rely on. a submarine scientist she's concerned of all the growing pressure on the ecosystem. experts go on regular days to assist the foundations fishing in very made to pollution and to resume put strain on the sea shells unique underwater world. leaders 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 them a real life from sea snails to sharks so we've got them by cell phones reefs near the coast are especially vulnerable and they're the 1st ones to die. there has been a rise in ocean temperature and this has an impact on your corals because then

this leads to coral bleaching and then you move the coral because then you end up with that coral by the late 1990 s. most part of the reason the shallow waters had died. why quarrels and once they dead they are usually taken over by. the resources and the activities that you carry out on the. back. now the government recently agreed to protect nearly a pound of the country's marine want turns within the next heroes as part of an initiative called lucy shows no means what. they need to be scurrying out of the of the underwater ecosystem. we carry out the activity with the intent of collecting that. ensure

that the management of there is effective in partnership with the nature conservancy ngo. original commie to use hoping to understand exactly what's happening to the lives. hargraves off in trouble regenerating each other because the waves and currents are constantly moving this kind of turns are good coral around making me tired for new ones to sit. down to. see the changes really have a very long period of time where the temperature is really high in the corals recall so this has a huge impact on your marriage so. we have started a coral reef restore project looking at all the ways to try and restore coral reefs

using the corals that sealion 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 the sea sustainably even after the pretty. action eaves. the marine especially plant is the 1st of its kind in the indian ocean very point that we constantly have this good healthy coral i want everything i do should make a difference and if you haven't i think it's a really wonderful feeling knowing that whatever information you bring back it's going to point you to the way we do conservation that's going to have a positive in. hiring conservation if they found. the project transit least until 2021 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 assessment on the state of our oceans and it wasn't good news the same process that's happening online and it's also happening at the same 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 awarded marine life is disappearing in a moment was picked to an expert in nigeria but for now here are a few raw facts in a new segment eco took all over. the ocean is a place of many wonders. but now it's also

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 she 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 call 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 humans also play our part my colleague n.t. paid a visit to the nigerian institute for oceanography annmarie results in the why he spoke to dr rice in a following that is to collect data and mix recommendations to the government on how best to protect the sea or off the coast coursed doctor for those so had some interesting things to say take a listen to. the. doctor for those thank you so much for speaking with us on the coffee cup now we've just heard of we. always think about those you walk with junkies tolson we got them

i said can you tell us what exactly is the state of the ocean. around the world. become now called for the oceans. ocean of plastic. when you take a seat cruise of the national environment for example a fisherman you will catch tons of plastic and very little fish the fish gets in bed because the i'm just saying plastics and they have a stomach full of plastic these a situation like that margie i mean don't do the clean up good you know the pollute less should pay they should encourage people to come out clean ups also domestic waste in the oceans there are several things the biodiversity is depleting the monger but the fish and if you play tight and the ocean is not so good do you think the government can do anything to make some countries very. rustics yes our

governments can help by. gets in the salience groups of people to create the awareness of the damage and effects of single use plastics for example cops you know plastic cards strolls plastic bottles all those things should not be used we should go back to what do used to be you know in the fifty's whereby we use a vegetative leave to save food we use a cotton box to stop most things we ought to be doing to save the environment let's 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 the spill site mr eyes because if you measure 5 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 i'm sure you consciously be. discuss the environment nigeria without talking about the oil industry and its impact on the environment well we have oil fields and this oil fields affect the fish resources because the juveniles cannot breathe when there is a oil on the surface of the water so the judgment of die and then we have the whole fish top of the level for human consumption this week as the u.n. the u.n. talk about climate change about juicing some of these marshes need to be looked at more. than. for us because we have to save our next generation this 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

functional 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 for coming. so know we a bit wise about the state of the world's oceans but what about the lexx 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 at the danish initiative group kayak but they are not just complaining about the state of us 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 travelers can use boats for free in return for collecting any trash they find in the water. cannons recorders. this is french and it's just small bits of plastic and. green kayak now has support in 5 countries including germany after reserving online a boat a bucket and trash grabbers can be picked up at the dock of a cooperating vote 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 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 us a tweet. doing your page. 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 us and visit one of germany's biggest waterways now the right even major rivers are feeling the heat as climate change gather space right and what we tend to forget is that a river system like that one was provided a bit on on the source of water for people and nature for thousands of the is here to the eco system is frogs and our needs protecting so a water treatment plant on the rhine purifies millions of little is a water. 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. a busy transport asiri 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 rights with a diameter over a metre directed to the water works. there the water is intensively cleaned before being directed back into groundwater reserves via 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 rhine is 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 rime 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 a processed here at the main treatment facility in bieber's heim the process is managed to monitored any control center where most 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. water from the rhine flows into these basins and this purified using a specially developed process. nothing will stop 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 initial esau uble that is turned into sediment and floats to the top and 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

increasing. contaminants in the rhine. the water is examined for bacteria heavy metals and pesticides here in the abort in germany drinking irrigation water missed satisfy stringent quality standards that have based on specific micro biological parameters. the facility also provides clean water to farmers such as hands you can 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 onions strawberries and the stuff is flocculation that's part of the chemical purification process a flocculation agent is added so that flocke form it's almost as clean as drinking

water and that means we can sell our strawberries directly 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 hans you can fish out 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 like victoria are being depleted while this one is blooded to them ours is over exploitation of natural resources a project with partners from 7 countries in europe and africa so in forces to tackle some of these problems we went to the gun side of leftwich 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. mohammed has been fishing off their gun and shows of little toller for more than 25 years. but. we no longer catch fish like we used to. be economic impact on us. right now you can see it traps and come up empty or give just one catch a week in the old days we would get a good catch every day. the main cause for the depletion of stocks is overfishing pollution from industrial activity is another problem these issues have made it harder to meet the rising demand for fish. this has prompted some ugandans to set up fish farms. one of the biggest challenges is the lack of clean fresh water. you are now runs

a fish from outside the capital kampala. to fish farming you have to get 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 liters. she's taking part in a union funded project called v h one she and the other fish 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 wheat from the university of country in germany the team has come up with a new system green use west water 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 recycle so many 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 c o 2 footprint. in the tunnel on the can and side of the lake 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 tunnel from there it flows into this busines which contains toms and sun that help clean the water. now wants to use recycled water to have big points too.

so we already have that system and it has proved to be very efficient for us using the same water we maintain the same temperatures because that's a 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 we would be able to integrate to. discern just like more from must recycle water ideally using renewable energy the professor and his team have been working on this project for the last 3 years so far their workers brought 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 add that this solution for the local market so at the moment we 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 farmers they establish best practices that boost fish stocks and protect the environment. so what we us and see a dramatic decline in sea life or since waterways full of plastic and industrial wist 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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