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the environmental issues facing them and with me of course is michael present from uganda hello sandra. hello nic good to see you once again my name is sounder to know we're coming to you from kampala here in uganda many thanks to you all for tuning in today's program will take us all around a beautiful continent as we should some light on the environmental threats we face here in ivory coast we will hear about it not that look it's our blood for communities on take the pressure off forests we would take a look at what the tom get a wardrobe means here in uganda and find out what he says should boils are helping to rehabilitate land in south africa. alfonse report comes from the ivory coast like many places in africa the country is those in war i'm most interested in the gold logging and slash and bon land here it's in an effort to reduce all rivas that trend an initiative process on through to get the technology to help look at new

farm not all the villages how does it work out equal reporter went to find out. if. this pod guarantees this farmer's economic survival and its organic. monday the more bureau grows cocoa on a small plantation the size of around 2 soccer fields it's located in the lemay region in the south east of ivory coast the world's largest cocoa producer. nowadays his farm is legal but for many years he had an illegal plantation in the middle of the mob be classified forest. fire. we wanted to make money because the production. was 2 or 3 times higher than here so we really wanted to stay there. in

the 1st decade of this century ivory coast went through a political and military crisis the budget for the protection of classified forests and national parks was reduced the consequence many cocoa farmers started illegal plantations there are hundreds of hectares of trees are still illegally chopped down to make room for cocoa farming. in january 2900 the government adopted a new law to boost reforestation patrolled by trained rangers. classifying forest is disappearing culture especially the cocoa industry. the forest has a lot of advantages for farmers it's the best place for them to. conflict over property rights results in the forest being threatened. and monday cultivated cocoa on an illegal plantation for 4 years but then he

decided to move his plantation to another location. he participates in a project called red plus which has the goal to protect forests and is run by the ngo. dennis mia is in charge of the mapping mission of project red plus he uses geo poppy a free source mapping out. assesses the agricultural land around the classified forest and finds a band in fields like one belonging to moby always relatives. allows us to establish the boundaries of each plot of land for example moby plot is right next to the classified forest now he knows the boundaries of a plot that is not going to go beyond his limits and won't cross into the classified forest. of geo poppy software also maps all important trees on the plots in the sixty's and seventy's farmers cut

down all the trees on their plantations to get maximum sun exposure because they believe that cocoa needed a lot of sun. in fact the plant needs more shame. agro biologist and explains the impact of each tree on the cocoa plants to the farmers. flowing like we add they ought to be tree is important due to its environmental benefit that it stores carbon so it plays a role in climate regulation in addition it plays an ecological role as it's a cocoa friendly tree which protects in good shape to the plant that helps keep the soil moist and more fair trial which in turn increases cocoa production. the n.g.o.'s meaty day helps farmers like to convert their plantations in order to get an e.u. organic label for their cocoa production. one choir meant is for example to use

empty pods as fertilizers. and to dry the be answered on traditional bamboo mats. mo bureau has benefited from this project. it's made a big difference to my life. before it was very difficult to make a living. but with organic cocoa prices are even better than with conventional cocoa. as a result a monday family is much better off and the forest is to. get income put out there is what thinking possum reposition a local resident becomes local small and about all the rubbish line all around in the neighborhood she organized day. indeed sandra her plan was to

incorporate the waste into our art on the idea small circle that. i can't shade and stylish. kenya manufactured her boots from used. to former students uses recycled materials such as rubber. and all the plastics she sells her creations in her shop in kampala. word of her label get a wardrobe spread fast and it's selling well. i decided to simplify my god into small things better use than i did today. and i'm using right now i'm using question as i will communication plan good fortune is my voice because people love and everyone in uganda outside you've done that allows passion organizes regular cleanup days with her friends the 26 year old lives in

a slum in kampala although there has been an official ban on policing backs for 3 years in uganda. it still hasn't properly taken in fact alice and her friends always find a lot of bags churn the clean up which event recycles and her artwork right from. when i just used to you know he was sick they used to do this one teller walk and they put a band. but as an artist i don't support that because it causes pollution once again the managed to collect a lot of plastic according to the kampala city council around 50 percent of plastic waste is collected every year for use to other health is just dumped in public spaces damaging water and soil fertility once in

a while for young artists visits her old university alice developed the idea of tackling plastic pollution while studying in dust shows design so in this context we're looking at equipping them with skills. designs creativity skills where in the hands of competence in appreciating they were meant designing products but the products also be used in the community and they're possibly recyclable last year alice began teaching young people in the slums where plastic pollution is a serious concern catherine b. is one of the over 200 people who have been trained here at alice's center when they looked at an educated woman like alice collecting plastic and using it for something useful i wondered why so one who has never gone to school like shouldn't also be walking we used plastic. initiatives like alice's may take

a long time to change plastic pollution but with her fashion label get a wardrobe she has found a clever way of raising environmental awareness in kampala no. this is easy. making good use of wastes is partly the motivation behind another project this time in kenya since a ban on charcoal production was introduced to combat deforestation many producers are turned their attention to markets in uganda and rwanda but others like sites where making charcoal briquettes from other materials instead here's this week's doing your bit from mombasa. charcoal briquettes from coconut waste. the huge need for wood fuel for cooking

purposes has contributed to deforestation in kenya. now the government has banned the unlicensed production of charcoal. this is left to millions of people without a reliable source of energy for cooking. the award winning startup can cocoa in mombasa came up with an alternative coconut shells and husks are the basis for their charcoal briquettes. first corn starch and water are added. to burn shells and husks or ground. this mixture is then pressed into briquettes the briquettes burnt harder and longer than charcoal made from wood saving households a lot of money. to start up produces 2 tons of coconut charcoal a day. in the future the team wants to work with other war again equates to such as

sugar cane. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. here in africa the effects of the climate crisis have never been more pa and i'm the farming sector is inevitably hardest hit in ethiopia for instance the farmers long what is supposed to be a high yield crop every year but the land is so parched and they have barely anything so obvious so additional indigenous seeds are too expensive or hard to come by for small scale farmers of the live mates. european research learning how to. revive and. drought. biologist. is

showing 3 visitors around the fields of the live in its instituto plant genetics on cropland research in central germany. the seed bank of the ethiopian biodiversity institute in ad is the largest of its kind in africa they want to find out what their colleagues in germany are doing to improve the quality of crops seeds. it's one thing to preserve samples from old varieties quite another to grow new plants from the. samples have to be dried and prepared in such a way that they'll keep for a long period of time. and tests have to be conducted to see if they're able to germinate rhonj toward. the market likes the hands on part of the process here she's learning things she hopes to implement back home she's manager of the seed bank and i just. really don't know what moral can bring so we

always want to see if our worst. where life even though we support a life of food shelter maybe it's all or what a base for our living. it's a question of living. so housing in conserving is supporting life will take a lot of us a shows her guests the treasure trove at the heart of the institute the seed bank with over 150000 samples from crop plants from around the world gathered over a period of several decades. you know lovaza has been collaborating with her colleagues in addis ababa for 9 years now. the diversity of species is astounding for example that are more than $9000.00 varieties of bean in the collection alone size of

a seed bank here in gutters lieven is one of the largest in the world or so electing mission from so many specimens come from older strains that are no longer cultivated on working farms but that could nonetheless prove very useful. the. older riot is have lower yields but they can cope better with changing climatic conditions they're more robust in times of drought lack of water often turn soil acidic or leads to a build up of minerals and heavy metals these for riot is can withstand all of that better than more fragile modern seeds more than a. lot of us are has got to know the problems farmers face in ethiopia firsthand for sure using traditional methods to farm their small fields most can barely feed their families let alone create a surplus for sale they tend to plant the same crops year in year out which leads to soil degradation and ever lower yields new varieties are needed. the institute

in add is also has fields where new strains are tested strains developed that with the help of a german seed company. back at the lightness institute in germany this week was grown from seeds collected in the 1950 s. the variety actually originated in ethiopia but has died out there this is a 6 robot with samples have since been sent back to the seed bank and is ababa along with seeds of other crops once endemic to ethiopia really certain strains of wheat and mustard more than 7000 in all now they're back home and available for research and possibly cultivation we want to apply or to use our my hero for sustainable. development so most of our seed. researchers from different research institutes in the country and students are studying for. the visitors from ethiopia want to expand the testing of old

a variety that their own institute to establish which ones could withstand stress factors such as dryness or acidic soil an important step to boost sustainable farming in ethiopia or. point being that i'm not back to africa from seeds for the soil to the sun in the sky really my new suit a self described energy entrepreneur here in the nation's capital is developing what he calls off the grid homes and he shows us yet again that renewable energy makes business sense. right mc he will guy's name one user was born in one of nigeria's most impressive green housing projects these innovative friendly stiction if attracting a growing following among the media cuts there. this

is green house an apartment complex in the heart of. everything here operates on renewable energy. and his family have lived here for 3 years now the architect cares about the environment and says the green apartment president made his life more comfortable and he never had any blackouts whatsoever so i have my 2 kids they've never experienced. so it's a good movies t.v. . according to the world bank as many as half of all nigerians live without access to electricity the demand for days estimated to be $41000.00 megawatts which is about 8 times more than what's currently available. one solution is to invest in systems like the green house it 1st 10 apartments 40 rooms and all the energy is provided by

a combined system it's mainly based on solar power night energy can be created through wind power. descent of man center which has been running totally different for the past century a fossil risk manager and the whole idea on the study technology works on how you can apply to finance a character canvasser so when you really sit across the country that i have seen a fossil just like this. the company went into business nearly 10 years ago it provides various renewable energy solutions and is now worth nearly $3000000.00. a team is driving to. this area has never been connected to the national grid we have millions of nigerians for any hope of seeing electricity having light to toss on london this i assure that in the long run you know. and every house.

you know have access to electricity and residents in the village of. which are neither healthy no good for the environment. now they're getting stalled on their roofs all for free. energy provides the service as a way of giving bach. is delighted with his new solo he says it will help his children study in the evenings. and the best bit it's easily rechargeable. how many of. these kind of a theme. is great for children and i've. never seen anything like this before when i was young.

back to the greenhouse you know compared to the average nigerian has hold the dardanelles went is fairly steep but the eco friendly. makes it worth it to them. in south africa intensive lifestyle grazing is degrading the soil in many areas heat waves on drought are compounding the problem leaving many areas barring you to stop the lawn turning into a desert some farmers in the eastern cape are switching from raising goats to growing plants to produce essential oils it offical went out to see how this works . rosemary i have that preferred sunny and dry location and its value lies in the plants tips we have precious and syrian oil can lead to a high quality resource for the percentage i'm from a city called industries family liam fund rentable is nervous this is his 1st harvest and the future of the whole valley depends on the scrap. going strong the

plan for your board are very constant small stock farming and limited space simply became too much for our land so we need to find other means of income and that is why we look at this kind of thing so we can continue with our left and together with. mostly it's ripples growing fear. of when the fear can bore some of the. farmers here keep. more here will is a luxury item in the clothing industry with more and more goats however the local vegetation has been eaten away i think green bushy vegetation once covered this slopes now the barren westland holds no water and no life. daniel florrie manages the above us close development company together with van rensburg and other farmers he leads the transition from exploitative livestock farming to organic essential oil crops the oils are extracted in this distillery

essential oils you take a lot of plant material distiller to a very small amount of product but you can easily transport in and out of a clear and in that way we we need we reduce the amount of material that we take out of the system and all the. plourde material once of being the can actually go back into the field go back into the system we can use to make of it it's a higher value prop if you need to work with. them more efficient land use is making a difference whereas courts need extended grazing areas the essential oil crops and exclusively cultivated on the fight in floor of the valley that's where the slopes have time to recover farmer peter kruger once used his entire 6000 head his full grazing today cultivates

a mare 20 hector's of rosemary for the same retired he's sold his goats and most of his farm has been declared a nature reserve for he hopes other farmers will follow krueger's example. the biggest part of it is actually to change the mindset of the farmers to change the. to change the way that they've been doing something with the last 40 years we bring courage to the farmers to make that shift from a extractive to regenerative farming practices. the godfrey slopes are slowly recovering the living lands organisation helps the farmers rejuvenates their land here on the completely degraded slope that was once grist their automobile and his team worked hard to protect every single tree fern bushes keep the goats away white canvas walls collect rainwater and hold the precious soil beneath the thorns new hope is proud. you know we are starting to see changes

even at a small scale we've just gone through one of the worst droughts and over 100 years . and despite that we are seeing positive changes in the ecosystem it was a leap of faith for all involved. had to buy a new system for over $65000.00 euros but the 1st batch of rosemary looks promising and he's sure his investment will soon pay out. it's good to be reminded that protecting the environment always panes of i'm afraid we're now coming to the end of this week's episode of africa but we'll be looking forward to seeing you once again next week i am sound of coming to you from kampala here in uganda. by phone now sandra it was a pleasure co-hosting the show with you to our viewers out there remember you can find out more about environmental issues protection and activities of others sustainability wise on our social media platforms for now i'm now it's i will from

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