things have changed immediacy so i do this because it's just plain not. 30 minutes t.w. . is you know i mean in your minutes and. most of the time what inputs on in the seat are going on with what i'm working as you don't have the president. point to conceive it's as if to say yes it can only save and iconic a number 13 fronted. hello 6 and welcome to this week's edition of africa your environment magazine co-produced by d.w. in germany china stevie nigeria and n.t.v. uganda i am fond of coming to you from kampala here in uganda i'm now it's

a we're here in lagos we are really in ireland and today we had to jeannie and we visited a school garden in uganda but that's not all. find out how sure but germany are contributing to biodiversity and here how amanda here in nigeria is staging getting his life to wildlife conservation. in a go fishing is coming west africa's coastal waters there are a number of reasons for that either there are no regulations or fishel stern a blind eye in some places gigantic troilus on europe and china are depleting the fish stocks one country in the region is taking steps to control illegal fishing and its waters namely like baby we are company the activists on the nile in conservation and geo sea shepherd on patrol. this is robots part comes to town in a. area nearly everyone here leaves from fishing but in the past few decades niger

troll has have decimated fish stocks. local fishermen were getting desperate and to the national coast guard started patrolling together with ocean conservation and geo sea shepherd before the start of the operation few vessels had been arrested since january 27th in 14 fishing vessels have been reported for you now fish populations are slowly returning to the area i used tons for illegal unreported or under glittered fishing. we were like just by choice 40 to 45 percent of our costella but a commie our sea shepherd have given us that opportunity to extend our posture as far as almost 90 percent of our water one shared a boat have been arrested for are you you have been chinese or asian vessel sea

shepherd provides there have been coast guard with ships small boats and crew there going to ascension also carries out groups on how to board suspicious vessels at the partners in form and train the coast guard on how to carry out security inspections. during this exercise captain until bird food from sea shepherd plays the role of the captain of a ship that's in violation of the low. it's demented that 20 percent of the fish from west africa he's caught illegally most of the vessels that are fishing illegally are from china all the european union. china has the largest water fishing fleet in the world was a country that of the 2nd largest. a lot of these vessels may be flagged to somewhere like benny and somewhere in the caribbean or nigeria somewhere like that and the beneficial line is actually in europe. even. though some coastal areas that

isn't noted for subsistence fishing big international tollers catch there illegally maybe areas government does not have the financial means to enforce the regulations that results in overfishing which is a huge problem for the coastal communities and the 10s of thousands of fishermen who live in them the main causes are controversial quality standards and you subsidies that distort the market so he's brought food the consequences of subsidize fishing is that fishing vessels will fish until the last fish is taken out of the water the care you're paying to subsidize this fish in 2 and a half percent times right out this is stable and now. the likelihood of sharks totals and other large marine mammal surviving in the nets is extremely slim resisted net closes up and i'm over and fish totals shot suffocate 100000000 sharks every year mostly caught is by courage for their fins last year on

a vessel flying the spanish flag the neighbor and coast guard and the city sherpa crew discovered more than $100.00 into into blue sharks have had already had their fins cut off destined for engine market the un's world food program fears that global fish stocks could collapse by 2048 if the situation doesn't change. a major problem with the person fishing vessels is their deadly efficiency it can suckle with a school of children anything else in it up to a mile is not a huge. legal vessels off off like they catch on to refrigerated cargo vessels illegal vessels are also flooding that catches up to these rate the ships so where the catch is it can blind and enter the market as label fish and you cannot keep track of the super trolls and protecting the bears traditional fishing communities their livelihood and that of my. species is what is at stake. and every

situation doesn't change for fishing communities soon they will have even more problems earning a living in our next report we see that the same holds true in guinea where fishing is a major source of income but unfortunately the storm mongrel forest service breeding grounds for many fish are being cut down to burn wood so dry catch leaving the area is abominable to flooding yes it is a vicious cycle also salt is traditionally found by hitting seawater over fire but in the move to save the mongols one organization is coming up with more eco friendly have vesting methods. here. capital cannot create the smell of smoke fills the air many families have left their villages to set up makeshift camps along the coast it's the dry season the sun is hot these are the only months

that it's possible to make salt. but i want you say we shouldn't cook the salt water using wood anymore. but how else should we do it. if you want us to stop burning wood you have to come and help us. and. we're just here to evaluate the situation but we'll be back with activists from the canadian ngo adam a trying to develop alternatives to the traditional salt producing methods. needs to burn 3 kilos of wood to get one kilo of salt and the mangrove forests on the coast are disappearing. why does it look like the brine in this basin has to cook for 24 hours to do that the wood has to be constantly replenished you can see how much would they use but these are only dry branches the thick tree trunks they used to have no longer exist. but salt making is not the only threat to the forest.

it's all been eaten away it's terrible. cows are responsible nomadic cattle herders have set up camp here in the dry season there is not enough for their animals to eat inland so they come to the coast. and the herds came from over 50 kilometers away to reach the coast. that's how it works with pastoral farming and then they graze on the mangroves. be animals love the leaves because of all the salt in them. a few 100 metres further along lies the port of candiotti 10 years ago the ngo planted mangroves together with the community here since then a thick forest has grown around the village protecting the coast from erosion the village has set up a special forest protection committee now the activists have come to tell the

committee about the dome age being caused by the nomads cowls. thank you very much for letting us know 1st thing in the morning we'll go to the nomads and talk to them will make it clear that the mangroves must be protected will tell them that from now on they have to make up for any damage their animals cause. the village takes care to ensure that not even a single tree is felled here adam representative mohammed says anyone who does chop down a tree must pay a fine of the equivalent of about 10 year rose that's a lot of money here. or the mangrove forests has been restored here it had been completely stripped this is how we want it we want to protect our environment. in its efforts to preserve the forest the ngo has been able to convince the scylla family one of the largest farmers in the region of its innovative method as before

all the salty soil is scraped together and then mixed with seawater and filtered. but now the brine is not cooked over a fire but instead placed into shallow pool and dried by the sun. with. the concentrated say line solution is distributed among the basins using a hose system then the farmers wait until the water evaporates leaving the salt behind because they tried it on their own for a bit then we formed squads and train them properly in the method today you can hardly find anyone cooking salt with a wood fire most of the producers here want to use this technique. and the scylla family is continuing to expand the salt production areas after all the business is very lucrative. they can harvest the salt after 24 hours of evaporation in the sun $15.00 to $25.00 kilos per day per basin

that's a lot more than they could cook in a trough. profitable and environmentally friendly that's was convince the salt farmers to switch to be evaporation method and leave the mangroves alone. also have just seen a few adjustments concept a lot of trees bunning would isn't the only way to generate heat some children here in uganda i learning how to make none want to shovel as part of the core curriculum for that project and others are intended to raise the children's eye when it's about environmental issues. check will break it settle to dry inside a tent the syrians here at since kids into high school in numbing ganga uganda make them from paper and considered plan to find better. brace for. the chocolate has

been great and the dixon say it will take 5 days under the extension about 3 days here when students use the briquettes for kuki and bake in the projects was initiated by the headmaster before they had to chuckle the school had to buy firewood and that's expensive nearly $1000.00 euros a month we can read to a boat to one boat 1st in the thought that $130000.00 that was the cost but did and so it was it is a lot. it's cuts the cost of kuki here in home and also benefits to schools with producers grew. we use we use our ashes from cricket the because you do get as they say we use them as our fatah lasers and in ours called god and that saves the hour getting is so clean and so much as smart as sin considers climate smart a culture project the dangers to encourage environmental friendly cultivation and

production we don't use fact that i use as you know our guidance which are chemical chemicals manufactured from their industries but when reagan manual which you get from our plants like green plants we put them in our gardens to make them better and you see a day very mean to the area is very small but we make it more productive by doing smatter briquet to a good indication system is key the students set up water channels to provide the field with drip irrigation they also grow plants in small containers and on shelves to use space more effectively and even. use all of these using knowledge and in school they are young people we need to train them to find the solution to their environment because we're having a problem of enviroment under some of these environmental problems are caused by humans since it is reputation has spread throughout the surrounding neighborhoods

the school set up a shop where locals can buy produce interest is growing we are now outreach for the youth we're trained to them in these projects that we have been in school and also more not only do youth even other communities like women new groups are benefited a lot since his attorney doesn't restrict itself fiore it also gives citizens the chance to develop volatile practical skills skills that will help them take good care of him fire him and in the future. certainly learning a lot of useful skills but this is the of the only god and we'll be looking at today in this week's doing good deeds we've got to niger a long look at a country that is vulnerable to climate change but there is a green all losses that is sticking ship there to take a look. childhood

polio has left so harder with some physical limitations. this garden in the also has changed her life completely in this arid region of misha she's been growing produce organically for 2 years now. i suffered a lot before the garden i didn't have anything i lived in misery but now it's better i make money with a garden i have food and can buy clothes i can even help others what i know i. find. this gardening project for people with disabilities is run by the new gerry and n.g.o.s and funded by international n.g.o.s. each participant is provided a plot of land and help to build a well. every plant also comes with a manual water pump seen some livestock and

a cotton donkey. a fence protects the plants from animals. 5 years ago this land was dry and bad but mohamedou is so who is doing so well he could buy a motorized water pump some of his produce is now sold in the capital niamey 120 kilometers away. the project lets people with disabilities earn an income and it seeks to integrate them into that village communities and the plants they grow help protect the land from the hot sun haro winds. and how about you. and if you're 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.

the role of putting here puzzle long standing tradition in germany it may sound romantic but it can be a tough place to actually be planning content for in the by day busty because there are hundreds great thieves on poland but in germany the roots robust by the shepherds and the animals is under threat why is that empty well because of increasing industry lies ation in i would call just the areas they can walk across are disappearing and that's why scientists are working on a computer program to help shepherd in the future let's see how it works. shepherds in germany have had enough of the revenues the need to wool and milk production are declining while production costs continue to rise they're struggling to survive so they've organized a nationwide protest outside all the state parliaments like here in potsdam enabling. prices for grazing land are far too high and supplies are far too

expensive 22 other countries in europe want to help their shepherds only germany says no more guards are on guard. more and more shepherds are giving up we've come to the area of maryland off on the border with luxembourg. is one of only 900 traditional shepherds left in germany who roam free with their sheep he says his sheep provide an important ecological service which most people are unaware of the animals play a key role in preserving grasslands as a unique grazing habit stimulate better plant growth. venue is going to flow through your skin just take the syria here if we didn't let our sheep grazier it would quickly degrade. we would have holes everywhere. and the meadow were no longer be able to fulfill its ecological role of.

intensive agriculture and the construction of roads or residential areas has meant many grasslands and forests have been cut through. flocks of sheep however help to connect the isolated bio tapes. like a sponge she takes in insects in seeds and it brushes over the ground. just a single flock of sheep spreads tens of thousands of insects and seeds when it moves from one pasture to another. then viewed as. if we no longer keep these areas open or if we no longer allow seeds and sects to be transported from one area to another the populations in these isolated habitats will completely collapse due to genetic impoverishment. computer experts

in the nearby town of noise start under vines have recognised the ecological importance of sheep. with data from aerial photographs satellites radar and legal language histories they have developed a software that identifies optimal routes for flux and the computer system works a lot like an avocation system but in google you just have a car or pedestrian option we on the other hand have 20 to 25 different parameters that tell the software what's important for sheep with this geo information system you can then autonomy create routes for shepherds you could call it intelligent routing. the shepherds have welcomed the new computer program it's good news for the sheep too as they now have more to eat but the software has already helped to identify many new pastures and grasslands back over on the other side of the country the protesters hope that this scientific development will also trigger a political rethink. the shepherds are confident their work is far from being

obsolete. there will be a future for traditional shepherding in germany and in the world that's certain we're the world's oldest profession and we've survived many crises before but we should rather ask ourselves what future would nature have without us when we know. what is true for germany is also true for other parts of the world where traditional shepherds often held in low regard and in conflict with sedentary farm is their flocks helped keep grassland areas green and healthy. our next report comes on right here in lagos nigeria concerned about the suffering people inflict on many wild animals one man has made it his mission to rescue as many of them i think can he set up a sanctuary to help them where he also works to raise awareness about wildlife

protection i mean more welfare there's no happiness in these. illegal hunters quote this creature in the with the nigeria it's been a captivity in this latest market for weeks now waiting for bio. she has been visiting this market for over 15 years his father says brought him here when he was just 9 years old sure she. should say in a soft break says hot. so you've rescued as many as you can afford this cool a pint costs 60000 not. like him with a mission of a puncture i said no i come here to get her she may meet all these animals and get out of the situation into a more more. comfortable putting a little sooner a little just you don't try to deal with it if you want to come right in the face

and. this is where chinedu brings the animals he rescues the grain syngas conservation god and the young nigerian starts of the century back in 2012 using his own money and any donations he can attract he already has an impressive are at sea of animals in a sanctuary in some cases some of the animals are badly one did their recovery sometimes complex and i wanted to fish and rice is really lucky in that you know it's it's never been in the pit but never met so now it's because of the need has been now to another 4 plus 2 dogs where there's no such thing as invasive surgery for even some animals that you think about having a dog the vet always a good one to just i mean it's a drug but surgery or one of what's the right kind of the animal needs that and that's what one of the birds we have that's when i want it that's what what it needs and we need. to come for the opportunity to work and help these birds regain

its wings has lost its confidence it doesn't mean to us it's used so i don't so i'm looking for the opportunity to. get it back to its full time to its shape. some of the animals in china the century our friends in species from rubles to extinction. like the black crowned crane. really wanted to. play shannon in nigeria larry once and pundits should recognize as a national day or have coming of jesus said just below the indians angels people kill them because of your houses and this is just like the landing of your teeth if you seen them before you know people still don't see them and she made a once to create an environment where anyone especially children could learn to appreciate the value of all wildlife another reason why i decided to come back that was

because yes initially asked i wanted to have a 3 day project where i could actually breed designing and have them you know more to plan because yes but i unindigent i means that person i do need at which it's going to be used that way and do you have to have losses on them if you want to things these animals would soon be extant so. having them here and breeding them gives room for a lot of people to come and see them ok i have never seen the crane before i have never seen a patio eagle before and seen them like ok i don't know many 2nd seed is in the wind muslims i don't even see them but having them here gives that option it's a can it is autumn a goal is to establish conservation areas wakening releases animals into a protected environment. so be sure to join us next week when now they fighting

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