stores that people. information. they want to express. our facebook twitter updates in touch. welcome to global 3000 this week we meet a young entrepreneur who's helped breathe life back into a russian village on the brink of extinction. the multi a stunning and more and more luxury hotels and airports are being built that we look at the downside of tourism. and we head to uganda where people in the l g b

t community live in perpetual fear. there are as many different kinds of intimacy as there are people every relationship is unique there are men who love women women who love women people who love both men and women and so on. and yet being homosexual bisexual or transgender is highly discriminated against or even outlawed in 70 countries across the world. in 11 countries in africa the arabian peninsula and the middle east homosexuality is even an offense punishable by death. homo sexual acts are commonly defined as obscene or unnatural and often described as sodomy words like that are also used in uganda and some politicians there have called for the introduction of the death penalty. daybreak income paula and

for the activists from freedom and roam uganda it will be another day fighting discrimination against lesbian gay and trans people gloria the programs officer could potentially face imprisonment or even execution the government has plans to reintroduce legislation colloquially called the kill the gays law that would impose the death penalty for same sex relations. are what has changed what has been transpiring leading up to the time when the. public information that's coming from the publicly there's been a move into. a lot of intimidations up in. uganda is one of the most homophobic countries on the planet the bill in question was originally passed by its parliament and 2014 before being struck down following protests from international aid donors in this country religion plays a very fundamental that's one thing people don't know because even in.

formulation. i really hold in high regard. and that presents a dilemma for gloria she's a lesbian activist who had a strict christian upbringing her mother's a pastor the church's homophobic stance has always been an issue for her. to go to and. some days it's ward other days it's hard for you to sift through or someone. is just saying that. was one of the fun where. every weekend all saints' cathedral income paula hosts a number of weddings but only between men and women. homosexuality was 1st formally criminalized in uganda after the introduction of christianity.

was. the cathedrals provost rebecca new gania is opposed to tolerance. if you are and now fricker who has grown up in the culture of africa it's something that has always been for a need to us but also as a church minister who reads the scriptures i also find it difficult to crack sipped it because of a sexuality is seen just as like any other scene it is laid just like if i were to install something i have seen and i cannot. say well i was stealing because of hungry no. l g b t people continue to be stigmatized by both the church and politicians and are often the victims of violence. where. sex workers like samual are particularly at risk although he's in a sewer what most of his customers pay for is sex. samuel receives

clients in his own home. you can tell me where you feel like in a positive way. even at home he doesn't feel safe saniel has been severely beaten on a number of occasions. talked. to me for one month. no one could help me. i had to call my relatives and they had to know who i am. so after. leaving the game i had to leave my things there because the community was not ok. for homosexuals being out it is a daily fear rumors spread fast in the city's densely populated informal settlements and samual says the number of attacks is on the rise in new delhi if

you even get community you shift every up just some sort of team if you suspect that they have. just shift so sammy will stays on the move and has been disowned by his family his customer has stories too i was moved was my dad. he was like find out when he wanted me to. live is else so i started. sleeping industry looking for the new normal. because i cannot go back to my. if we are living in. l g b t people in uganda are ostracized and often alone. friends in the community they are not helping that. samuel is afraid the anti-homosexual legislation would

further stoke hostility. towards the l g b t community and gloria moved agrees she continues to fight for more tolerance and continues to help after all the bill has been ruled unconstitutional before hope is the only thing we have because when you lose hope you don't leave any more so even when. things seem impossible. we keep the hope. and now for our global ideas series we take the big leap from africa to the maldives last year the tropical islands paradise in the middle of the indian ocean received nearly 1400000 visitors new hotels and airports to accommodate them all being built at a cost to both nature and locals a reporter who traveled there to reveal a side of the multi-verse that holidaymakers dempsey.

can recall corporations and businesses they all call this team to win no matter which government is in power. humans won't stop traveling and recrimination is stronger because we're here right now so will there be more calming absolutely over the next 45 years you will have probably another 6070 resorts here. $150.00 leg or started developing at once there is so much of destruction sedimentation that we can which would definitely have a negative impact on. the international airport in the multi v.n. capital marley provides a gateway for tourists from all over the world then taken by boat to the resort islands that are just a short distance from the airport that provides

a logistical advantage especially when storms hit. in just 15 minutes the visitors arrive in crossroads a mega resort made up of 9 islands a night in one of these bungalows cost 650 euros 2 years ago this was all just water satellite images reveal how the artificial islands suddenly emerged in the middle of the coral reef goon 2 and a half 1000 pounds. trees were brought here from other islands if you didn't know you'd think it all develops naturally those in charge of the project are keen to uphold that illusion it's still a natural island the sand literally came from minutes away from here so ultimately this is how islands are are formed all the properties are from neighboring islands very often because they were developing something on the island say an airstrip or or a construction. the whole issue of artificial islands and replanted palm trees has

long called the attention of the anticorruption ngo transparency mal de. under a number of deals reached by the previous government nearly 60 calling lagoon surrounding the capital mali released to investors they are now building more and more on sufficient islands for tourists this means the need for palm trees is growing and they are in short supply a small t.v. in law states the trees mustn't be brought in from abroad why are these trees being transported to that resort. where. there are so many islands reclaimed for the purposes of extending. for the people to live and. they don't have any. any trees. transparency multi-verse says that tourism is given more significance than the

environment the country's environmental protection agency used to assess 2 recent projects before they were approved but the previous government changed that. specially if you're consider the areas closer to the. there are a lot of. i think richard not concentrated making resorts. rather than doing that we should be focusing on our. 6 new airports were scheduled to be built this year and next to improve access between islands the island of call who she was stripped of most of its mangroves to accommodate its airport but most of the time it stands empty as it's not really needed the next airport is just a 20 minute boat ride away activists like adam up to take to twitter to report on

the latest building projects they're using the twitter hash tag save maldivians to speak out and engage with the authorities. i think it's a huge risk to bear so economy on just the tourism industry alone in order for proliferation of tourism we're destroying the very thing which our tourism industry is best on. these coconut shells have spent 9 months soaking in the mangrove swamp to get them soft enough to gain 5 is used for making rope. for $400.00 women on the island of pushy it's the only source of income one that is now drawing up plans are afoot to remove the islands last month groves to make way for a building project 70 year old irish out has spent most of her life making roads 1st come in about 44 the airport was built a community was asked if we wanted to keep the mangroves and everyone said yes one

of. the politicians simply ignored the residents wishes that's a problem people on the island of corrado have been complaining about 15 years now . their standoff with the authorities concerns this channel of water sand is to be taken from it regularly to preserve the beaches of the resort opposite it's standard practice in the multi-verse residents on the island gain nothing from the resort but sand is being taken away from the. early from transparency multi-verse says the island is shrinking trees along the coast are dying as the beach is steadily eroding she's collecting evidence in a bid to give people here a voice but they're fighting a powerful opponent. the current one is also connected playful to some of the leaders of this country so. if it would really be hard for coburn or

for a small community like this to stand up and fight against it i hope that with the new government come in they would immediately like stop all the. projects go but it's very sad that a lot of this project in. anyone involved in the construction. whether on the mole deaves already knows how important sand is after all it's an essential component in concrete the worldwide demand for sound has tripled in just 20 years so much so in fact that in some parts of africa and asia usable deposits are already growing scarce up to $50000000000.00 tons of sand a processed every year that's enough to build

a wall 27 meters high and 27 meters thick in circling the entire planet along the equator. cambodia has been a major export of sand and that's causing major problems for people living along the mekong river. more drugs the sound of the masonry settling at night the 1st thing she does after getting up is to check if there are any new cracks in the walls. this building used to be her home what's left of a once contented life. when the riverbank broke away i dragged the bed across to the back i tried to sleep here. but then i saw how the entire garden was gong and the wall had collapsed. then i took everything apart piece by piece. in order to at least selvedge something more began to

demolish her home with her own hands. i worked hard my whole life long. now i'm all down alone. i've lost everything. i was afraid that the stone house was too heavy and would sink that's why at least rescued the doors windows and tiles. they're now in storage a few meters away for when times get better if they ever do the mekong river is devouring this village it's changed course and now flows faster the river has carried away entire buildings here the government has placed sandbags along the shore as a makeshift barrier what used to be an asphalt road is no a new waterway these boats are currently empty and riding high in the water on the return trip they're heavily laden with endless tons of sand

a fisherman shows us the dredges extracting it from the riverbed locals don't know who they belong to. the meeting was changed or didn't used to be this white used to be able to swim from one side to the other you can hear what was being said on the other side. and the water wasn't as deep as it is today. he positions his fishing out here by the river bank every morning and used to catch plenty of fish throughout the day today though once again his net remains empty. across asia rivers and seas are being robbed of their sand which is needed at construction sites in faraway cities. glass cement asphalt all vital materials for urban centers expanding all over asia and all made using sand singapore's prosperity is literally built on sand which for

many years was imported from cambodia. cut some more has sold her cow and now lives in its former shed with no door no cupboards and no toilet. and when it rains and is windy the water comes through the walls to stay dry i cover everything with plastic and crouch on the bed under the tarp. her neighbors were also hit hard now they live in this shack. one night the family heard strange noises their tiny hole began to sink and to slide the bank of the river collapsed and it was swept away. for drinking water the villagers collect rain the grown ups work hard every day on construction sites in the nearby city but they never earn enough. warning that. every day i build houses that other people the hotels restaurants and skyscrapers also all made using sun and the rich live there comfortable lives and

i'm poor and can't do anything about it but because the sand is missing here oh how slid into the me cold. the villagers are desperate but also disheartened that. the sand doesn't belong to anyone it belongs to the river but these people come here investors business people they come and just take the sand in order to sell it. later cambodia has now officially prohibited the export of sand but how strictly is the ban enforced when asked government officials refused to comment just outside the capital phnom penh mountains of sand her piled up for the city's own construction sites this man works for a conservation group. in 2016 we check the shipping documentation and found that come bode you claim to be sending only small amounts of sand to singapore but

according to singapore it imported many times that quantity it doesn't add up but the government has never commented on it that in cambodia since used to be something that never ran out now it's a valuable resource of vital material in the construction of booming asian cities. and cities are where it sat for many seeking a more prosperous life big urban centers around the world a bursting of the scenes forecast suggests that by 2050 up to 2 thirds of the global population will live in large cities and that's has a knock on effect in the countryside villages the dying out many places are seeing a rural exodus of unprecedented proportions how can village life be made appealing again one russian entrepreneur is trying to help. welcome to mali to dish a small village deep in the ural mountains only 20 houses are inhabited there used

to be 500 people living here now there are only 50 it's one of the many thousands of villages in russia that was dying out. but then they came to the rescue i may be small and look like a boy she says but don't underestimate me calls herself a social entrepreneur. she's always on her cell phone. sells jam online and everyone who buy some gets a personalized thank you video for helping the whole village or to learn the rudiments of an election will need to know that they're doing a good deed anyone who contributes becomes part of our initiative or a whole army of people that want to bring about change. jam for money to dish still

bery bery the jobs are dispatched throughout the country many a send out individually. they even make their labels themselves. and t. is another one of their products. the herb square right outside the window most people here have long reached retirement age where all grandmothers. they say and the bad guys decide who can work here. remember the woman who was here for only 2 days we told her to stay home she was too slow. they all come from the village or neighboring villages ok. we chat we tell jokes and we laugh a lot of the whole village can hear us the windows are open or. sweet spoonfuls for tea they came up with the idea themselves

a syrup made with wild herb's and dried berries the latest flavor is seed buckthorn and cinnamon. and organic food chain in moscow has just placed an order for 8000. says it's the customers who long for a life in the country. the best that was just the quote such as you are at work making tea with a cheap you'd much prefer tea from a some of our just like in the country it's like a little vacation at work or the next best thing you take the sweet spoon dunk it into your boring cheney and all of a sudden it's most like summer in the countryside. but what that. word has long since got out that pays a good price for berries and herbes. she's made a big difference in all of my lead to do she she also founded a small library even if it's seldom used. and she also organize garbage collection

that something very rare in russian villages. carlina is so impressed that she moved back to the village from the next larger town she inherited a house this year and now she's renovating it soon she'll be moving in with her husband and child. teach us because the committees who said everything has changed since we've been here. we're going to make a go of it we'll fix up the house one try out village life. it's not a big house but it sturdy with 3 rooms her grandparents built it tells us she's hoping to find a job through good say he mentioned that she needs someone to help with ministration but the good it is just like in the city sit it work surrounded by concrete walls and then you go home to more of the same and you don't know what to

do with yourself or here you go into the garden you pick some until and you make a salad it's simply a much nicer life. next door in the small factory the order for the moscow organic chain is almost ready as always everyone's having fun. at some point. will be able to stand on its own without tension pack up and move on to the next village and help the people back. in with them from the hub where will i be in 10 years but it always somewhere out in nature. no but i believe it very well may be in a plane because of course i'll be flying back and forth between the villages and hopefully a lot of them. and there are many villages like mali to dish in russia just waiting for help. that's all from global 3000 this

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