what's the connection between bread. and the european union the no guild motto a w correspondent and the baker john stretches to mind with the rules set by the new . andrew thomson. stamping recipes for success strategy that makes a difference. baking bread on d. w. . illiam. did you know that more than 2 sides of the u.s. is covered by water so you can imagine what if you do all this plays in maintaining the ecological health. welcome to iraq and african environmental magazine africa i

am son does he know coming from kampala here in uganda and 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 about the future of our planet maybe 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. specials has a rescue plan it's called still a way as well take a look at how that works. bain's the government's all part 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 trash along the way. first to the seychelles where environmentalists are working to protect coral reefs. these fragile ecosystems are

among the most specially rich bio tubes on earth and the island nation relies on them for its very survival and emissions 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 truly unique marine ecosystem. this issues is a tropical paradise keeping local covers around 455 square kilometers of land. much more than 1300000 square kilometers of sea. sand on our marine resource 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 child. so i realize that it wasn't for quite a survey of growing up and understanding the relation that the say show what people have done with the ocean with the assists in the how much we rely on. a submarine scientist she's concerned about the growing pressure on the. experts to go on regular days to assist the foundations 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 them in real life 'd from sea snails to sharks so we've got them by

. reefs near the coast are especially vulnerable and they're the 1st trance to die . there has been a rise in ocean temperature and this has an impact on the corals then this leads to coral bleaching and then you move the corals 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 could carry out. that. now the government recently agreed to protect merely a part of the country's marine mortons within the next 2 years as part of an initiative called the seashells no means an. initiative is carrying out

a sovereignty of the underwater ecosystem. with carry out activity with intent. that. sure that the management of. is effective in partnership with the nature conservancy ngo. vision or committees hoping to understand exactly what's happening to their lives. her response and regenerating. because the waves and currents are constantly moving this kind of times are good coral around making me tired for new ones to sit. down and i'll. see the changes we had a very long period of time where the temperature is really high in the. recall so this has a huge impact on your marriage. we have started

a coral reef project looking at other ways to try and restore coral reefs using the corals. and growing corals and putting them back on the river. together with the fisheries inter is in company the country wants to find ways for everyone to use the cease was tentatively even after the protection eaves. the marine especially plant is the fastest 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 you bring back it's going to point you to the way we do conservation that's going to have a positive in. byron conservation if they show. the project transit least until

2020 in which time the fos long term protection plan should be in plants the ecosystem in the sea shows is counting on. 'd what a beautiful place let's hope it stays that way that the united nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change recently published its militarist 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 at the same yes sagal you're right anti 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 citizen coastal areas are being polluted or awarded marine life is disappearing in a moment we'll speak to an expert in nigeria but for now here are a few raw facts in our new segment ecologic oh.

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 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 humans also play our part my colleague n.t. paid a visit to the nigerian institute for oceanography unlearning results in the why he spoke to dr resident for the russell that is to do is collect data and mix recommendations to the government on how best to protect the sea or off the coast coursed delta for those so had some interesting things to say take a listen. lol. talk to photos thank you so much for speaking with us on the go up because now we've

just heard of the. state about those you walk with i don't see holes in the film i said can you tell us what exactly is the state of the ocean. around the world. because now consider the oceans. ocean of plastic when you take a sea cruise of the national environment for example a fisherman you will catch tons of plastic and very little fish the fish eye gets in there because the i am just saying plastics and they have a stomach full of plastics what he says is true some like the margin i mean don't clean up the glass you know the polluters should pay they should encourage people to come out for which clean ups there are also domestic waste in the oceans there are several things the biodiversity is depleting the mungo budget fission is deeply

tight and the ocean is not so good do you think the government can do anything to make some countries out. rustics yes our governments can help by. gets in the same lands 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 also assumably you wish to go back to what they used to be you know in the fifty's whereby we use a vegetative league to say food we use cotton box food 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 course of the region the message size for fishing you know tsunami. is smaller than the spill site

mystifies because if you measure 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 could. our fish resources with the people who do not come from nigeria you can't really discuss the environment nigeria without talking about the oil industry and its impact on the environment as well we have oil spills and this oil spill have affects the fish resources because the juveniles cannot breathe when there is a oil on the surface of the water so that 7 of 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 and what do you think some of these marshes need to be looked at more more deeply than there would be 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 put some of these things in place to keep on barren and safe for the next 2 years thank you very much for making me. so now we a bit wiser about the state of the world's 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 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 london and from denmark so much that in 2017 he launched an initiative called green kayak handlers can use boats for free in return for collecting any trash they . a find in the water. recorders that ends this french. small bits of plastics 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 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

that green kind of 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. doing your. we share your stories. that will be a good idea for law going here in lagos we're going to stick with the subject of rivers and verse of 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 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 scenic as 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 cleaned 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 the pipes each with a diameter over a meter 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 processed here at the main treatment facility in bieber's heim the process is managed in monitored and control center which forms industries

and you need to bear in mind that this solution is only possible thanks to local geological conditions of 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 it's purified using a specially developed process. to move far far once the water has been mechanically purified in the untreated water pond station the next step is flocculation that's part of the chemical purification process a flocculation agent is added so that flock forms which is the nationally soluble 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 must satisfy stringent quality standards that have based on specific micro biological parameters the facility also provides clean water to farmers such as hands 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 guns we see it's essential we grow onions strawberries

and this stuff 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 hence 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 of on kenya fish stocks in like victoria are being depleted politician is spotted to them as 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 they've gone 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. maybe muhammad has been fishing off their gun and shows of let me tell you for more than 25 years. now. we no longer catch fish like we used to. be economic impact on us that are right now you can sit traps and come up empty or get 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 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 we 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 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 from the university of khan's way in germany the team has come up with a new system use west water order to cut costs while boosting efficiency.

you. develop a system for the market it's called research aquaculture so this is to makes use of 100 percent water reuse recycle ation so it's mentally 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 tunnels on the can and side of the lake a pilot project is already in place the water is filtered using what's known as membrane bio reactor technology. in uganda has been using recycled water for the last 18 months the used water is pumped into our time from there it flows into this business which contain stones and sun that help clean the water. wants to use

recycled water to have big bones too. so we already have a system and it has proved to be very efficient for us using the same water would maintain the same temperature 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 would be able to integrate it. with this and 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 work has 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 dept 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 from us the established best practices that boost fish stocks and protect the environment. so what we've seen a dramatic decline in the life oceans and 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. addition of eco offical 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

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